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Sat, Nov 4, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 0, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0130509027
VAN0821406228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:21VANPius SuterGWGAssists: Dakota Joshua, Carson Soucy · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:54VANElias PetterssonAssists: Filip Hronek, Ilya Mikheyev · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:18VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:39DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:26DALCraig Smith: Interference2 min
  4. P1 15:23VANSam Lafferty: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:55DALEsa Lindell: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 4:29VANFilip Hronek: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 10:35DALWyatt Johnston: Holding2 min
  8. P2 18:12DALMason Marchment: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 18:12DALMason Marchment: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 18:12VANIan Cole: Fighting5 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
27Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals3.3
60Shot attempts58
22Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
17Hits24
13Blocked shots13
6Giveaways2
3Takeaways4

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSeguin – Marchment – Steel2:54

    xG 0.24–0.05 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Steel – Dellandrea3:10

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment5:06

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson7:50

    xG 0.10–0.25 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hakanpää – Harley2:58

    xG 0.14–0.12 (52%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Lundkvist2:39

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell5:00

    xG 0.11–0.18 (36%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser9:06

    xG 0.45–0.16 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko8:16

    xG 0.40–0.23 (63%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Joshua – Garland – Suter6:51

    xG 0.29–0.20 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Lafferty – Beauvillier – Hoglander3:56

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes11:44

    xG 0.51–0.16 (77%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Friedman7:49

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Myers2:23

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

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.

VAN 3.3 xGDAL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1182 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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