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Wed, Nov 22, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vegas Golden Knights 2, Dallas Stars 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK180601111226
DAL061170702132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:26VGKMichael AmadioPPAssists: Nicolas Roy, Chandler Stephenson · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:17DALRoope HintzAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:57VGKJack EichelGWGAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Adin Hill · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:52DALJani Hakanpää: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:20VGKNicolas Hague: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 14:52DALNils Lundkvist: Interference2 min
  4. P3 1:59VGKKeegan Kolesar: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:37DALJani Hakanpää: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 9:10VGKJack Eichel: Interference2 min
  7. P3 10:50DALNils Lundkvist: Tripping2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← VGK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Dellandrea
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKDAL
26Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals3.4
42Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
27Hits21
19Blocked shots9
1Giveaways4
10Takeaways10

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Amadio – Cotter8:31

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Carrier – Kolesar – Roy7:17

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel9:49

    xG 0.46–1.03 (31%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Stone – Stephenson – Howden10:18

    xG 0.14–0.71 (16%)attempts 5–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Theodore15:13

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  2. Hutton – Whitecloud8:08

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Hutton – Theodore2:06

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Benn – Hintz5:27

    xG 1.24–0.13 (91%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Robertson – Johnston6:40

    xG 0.45–0.02 (96%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson5:33

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  4. Faksa – Steel – Dellandrea6:11

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell10:30

    xG 1.09–0.18 (86%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Lundkvist – Harley9:36

    xG 0.47–0.07 (88%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen15:28

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

DAL 3.4 xGVGK 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #715 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 62% of the time.

DAL winsVGK wins

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

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