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Sun, Jan 21, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Dallas Stars 2, New York Islanders 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL01621401300243
NYI113051911328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:52NYIAlexander RomanovAssists: Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:35DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski, Radek Faksa · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:08DALNils LundkvistAssists: Sam Steel, Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:23NYIHudson FaschingAssists: Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:41NYIBo HorvatGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal · Backhand, 0.23 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:17NYIScott Mayfield: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:05NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:49NYIBrock Nelson: Holding2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
43Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.8
82Shot attempts48
35Faceoffs won23
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
16Hits38
11Blocked shots23
10Giveaways14
3Takeaways11

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. bestHintz – Robertson – Johnston12:11

    xG 0.90–0.19 (82%)attempts 24–5goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Faksa – Robertson3:58

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Smith – Faksa3:22

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Benn – Steel11:25

    xG 0.55–0.68 (44%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanley – Harley12:16

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Lundkvist13:35

    xG 0.85–0.49 (63%)attempts 23–8goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Harley2:37

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Horvat – Barzal15:25

    xG 1.21–0.41 (75%)attempts 24–13goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean6:06

    xG 0.08–0.34 (18%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Nelson – Fasching11:34

    xG 0.41–0.96 (30%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

  4. Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom9:56

    xG 0.13–0.81 (14%)attempts 2–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Aho13:59

    xG 1.00–0.40 (71%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Mayfield – Pelech4:28

    xG 0.06–0.26 (18%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Dobson – Romanov19:13

    xG 0.95–1.33 (42%)attempts 17–27goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGDAL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #722 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 56% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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