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Thu, Mar 28, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL19014211334
VAN0811109128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:48DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Jamie Benn · Poke, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:39VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Conor Garland, Teddy Blueger · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:52DALJamie BennPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:57DALJason RobertsonENAssists: Joe Pavelski, Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:09VANIan Cole: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:09DALWyatt Johnston: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 17:21VANQuinn Hughes: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:48VANConor Garland: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  5. P2 1:06DALThomas Harley: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:57DALCraig Smith: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:34VANTeddy Blueger: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 15:49DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min
  9. P2 18:18VANNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 16:32VANTeddy Blueger: High sticking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
34Shots on goal28
5.4Expected goals3.0
73Shot attempts61
21Faceoffs won26
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
22Hits40
18Blocked shots17
4Giveaways4
4Takeaways7

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. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment10:08

    xG 1.19–0.87 (58%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson7:46

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston9:47

    xG 0.64–0.51 (56%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Faksa – Steel6:28

    xG 0.05–0.06 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Lindell7:48

    xG 0.46–0.04 (92%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Lundkvist5:04

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Lundkvist2:57

    xG 0.08–0.04 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Garland – Podkolzin2:00

    xG 0.41–0.03 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Lafferty – Bains7:35

    xG 0.01–0.18 (5%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander9:15

    xG 0.78–0.98 (44%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Joshua – Garland5:35

    xG 0.03–0.29 (10%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Cole – Zadorov12:24

    xG 0.44–0.65 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes14:11

    xG 0.84–1.07 (44%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Soucy8:46

    xG 0.07–0.63 (10%)attempts 6–13goals 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.

VAN 3.0 xGDAL 5.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #835 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 82% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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