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Mon, Apr 3, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Nashville Predators 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0100918127
DAL11026210526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 4:21DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:31DALColin MillerGWGAssists: Radek Faksa, Luke Glendening · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:07DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:29DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 14:23DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jason Robertson, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P3 15:10NSHCal FooteUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 0:39DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:37NSHKevin Gravel: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:39NSHJohn Leonard: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:37NSHTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:24NSHDante Fabbro: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:24NSHMark Jankowski: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:24DALColin Miller: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:38DALThomas Harley: Interference2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← NSH attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDAL
27Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals3.3
48Shot attempts52
36Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits18
12Blocked shots14
10Giveaways12
11Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJankowski – McCarron – Asplund3:37

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Asplund6:00

    xG 0.17–0.34 (33%)attempts 4–6goals 0–2

  3. Sissons – Trenin – Leonard3:46

    xG 0.06–0.27 (17%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Jankowski – McCarron – Leonard3:59

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. McDonagh – Fabbro14:52

    xG 0.22–0.60 (27%)attempts 13–12goals 0–2

  2. Gravel – Foote13:24

    xG 0.27–0.67 (29%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Stastney14:34

    xG 0.14–1.15 (11%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson8:28

    xG 0.68–0.14 (83%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston11:05

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Seguin – Domi – Dellandrea9:28

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Olofsson11:05

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen14:02

    xG 0.78–0.15 (84%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell14:48

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Harley11:26

    xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

DAL 3.3 xGNSH 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1185 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

Simulated goal difference (DAL − NSH), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).