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Thu, Feb 22, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 1, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL160405115
OTT1831309430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Drake Batherson, Jake Sanderson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:50DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Jamie Benn, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:37OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Ridly Greig · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:56OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Tim Stützle, Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:43OTTShane PintoPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Brady Tkachuk · Snap, 0.15 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:48OTTThomas Chabot: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:48DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:27DALJoel Hanley: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:07DALJoe Pavelski: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 11:40DALMatt Duchene: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 0:00OTTJakob Chychrun: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 0:00DALMason Marchment: Slashing2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
15Shots on goal30
1.5Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts58
21Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
25Hits32
9Blocked shots25
13Giveaways12
10Takeaways7

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 – Johnston6:06

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment11:49

    xG 0.32–0.30 (51%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Robertson – Dellandrea – Johnston4:59

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Faksa – Steel4:52

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley17:57

    xG 0.66–0.44 (60%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Suter – Hanley8:18

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Pouliot – Hanley4:56

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Greig8:07

    xG 0.74–0.19 (80%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle13:15

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Kubalik – Kastelic – Kelly6:34

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Tkachuk – Pinto11:15

    xG 0.73–0.71 (51%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Brannstrom16:12

    xG 1.09–0.40 (73%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  2. Sanderson – Zub15:40

    xG 0.72–0.35 (67%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  3. Chabot – Bernard-Docker15:34

    xG 0.63–0.62 (50%)attempts 8–20goals 1–1

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.

OTT 3.6 xGDAL 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #977 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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