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Sat, Dec 2, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Dallas Stars 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 57% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL110010013133
DAL31131429834

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01DALTyler SeguinAssists: Mason Marchment, Miro Heiskanen · Bat, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:28DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:39DALJamie BennAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jani Hakanpää · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P1 12:25TBLVictor HedmanPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 3:42DALMason MarchmentAssists: Jani Hakanpää, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:25DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Thomas Harley, Roope Hintz · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P2 14:23DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.11 xG1–6
  8. P3 13:27DALThomas HarleyAssists: Joe Pavelski, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–7
  9. P3 14:26DALSam SteelAssists: Radek Faksa, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.15 xG1–8
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:21DALMiro Heiskanen: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:46DALJoe Pavelski: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 10:33TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:08TBLVictor Hedman: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:39DALJani Hakanpää: Holding2 min
  6. P3 6:29DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:59DALSam Steel: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDAL
33Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals3.6
64Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won27
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
34Hits13
9Blocked shots10
9Giveaways4
2Takeaways6

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPaul – Jeannot – Barré-Boulet8:13

    xG 0.55–0.42 (57%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  2. Watson – Glendening – Motte9:00

    xG 0.16–0.16 (51%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Point11:14

    xG 0.76–0.91 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  4. Cirelli – Hagel – Eyssimont8:35

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Raddysh13:06

    xG 0.65–0.33 (66%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Hedman – Perbix12:18

    xG 0.84–0.84 (50%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Cernak2:44

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment10:23

    xG 0.75–0.32 (70%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson8:06

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston8:39

    xG 0.48–0.40 (55%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  4. Smith – Faksa – Steel9:37

    xG 0.45–0.73 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell11:42

    xG 1.52–0.31 (83%)attempts 20–9goals 3–0

  2. Suter – Heiskanen13:27

    xG 0.87–0.75 (54%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

  3. Hanley – Harley10:36

    xG 0.16–0.67 (19%)attempts 4–11goals 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 3.6 xGTBL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1039 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 57% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

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

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