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Thu, Feb 29, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 96% of the time.

DAL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0121806126
DAL310010116436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:52DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:41DALJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Jani Hakanpää, Roope Hintz · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:17DALLogan StankovenAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:24WPGVladislav NamestnikovPPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Neal Pionk · Snap, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:50DALRoope HintzENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.46 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 11:48DALRyan Suter: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 4:36WPGDylan Samberg: Holding2 min
  3. P3 6:07WPGAlex Iafallo: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGDAL
26Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals6.2
49Shot attempts78
26Faceoffs won37
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
36Hits29
15Blocked shots9
3Giveaways3
6Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Monahan – Ehlers – Iafallo12:45

    xG 0.60–0.67 (47%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Namestnikov – Connor5:40

    xG 0.10–0.26 (27%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi9:05

    xG 0.27–0.45 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Lowry – Appleton – Barron2:35

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schmidt – Morrissey2:54

    xG 0.07–0.11 (41%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey17:54

    xG 0.74–0.84 (47%)attempts 20–19goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk13:20

    xG 0.17–0.78 (18%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Stankoven – Johnston10:57

    xG 1.51–0.25 (86%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:03

    xG 0.79–0.37 (68%)attempts 19–11goals 2–0

  3. Smith – Faksa – Steel7:21

    xG 0.22–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Marchment – Dellandrea11:48

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist11:40

    xG 1.50–0.21 (88%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  2. Heiskanen – Harley18:26

    xG 0.77–0.52 (60%)attempts 24–14goals 1–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell13:59

    xG 0.58–0.45 (57%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

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 6.2 xGWPG 1.7 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1048 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 96% of the time.

DAL winsWPG wins

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

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