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Tue, Mar 12, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Florida Panthers 4, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01011139430
DAL11421006330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:53DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Jason Robertson, Wyatt Johnston · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:48DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:11DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Mason Marchment · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:52FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:09FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Brandon Montour · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:00FLASam BennettAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Gustav Forsling · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:38FLAAleksander BarkovPPGWGAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:14FLAEetu Luostarinen: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:24DALMatt Duchene: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:03FLACarter Verhaeghe: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:34FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:31DALMason Marchment: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:43FLAEetu Luostarinen: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:37FLACarter Verhaeghe: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 10:53DALJason Robertson: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:28DALChris Tanev: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADAL
30Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals3.8
49Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
44Hits30
13Blocked shots9
5Giveaways14
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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Okposo – Luostarinen – Lundell8:24

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Stenlund – Lomberg6:27

    xG 0.03–0.06 (38%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Barkov – Reinhart10:36

    xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk11:07

    xG 0.61–0.94 (39%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Mikkola15:31

    xG 0.83–0.61 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Kulikov – Mahura9:37

    xG 0.15–0.28 (36%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Forsling15:31

    xG 0.56–0.94 (37%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:32

    xG 0.42–0.20 (67%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Faksa – Dellandrea6:44

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston10:52

    xG 0.43–0.48 (47%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Duchene – Marchment – Steel9:51

    xG 0.35–0.56 (38%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley14:48

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Tanev – Lindell15:17

    xG 0.54–0.67 (45%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Hakanpää11:45

    xG 0.22–0.72 (24%)attempts 5–17goals 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 3.8 xGFLA 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #214 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 64% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

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

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