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Tue, Oct 15, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

San Jose Sharks 2, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS0925011021227
DAL010215012013338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:24SJSTyler ToffoliUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:03DALMatt DucheneAssists: Mason Marchment, Logan Stankoven · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:12SJSTy DellandreaAssists: Nico Sturm · Snap, 0.33 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:12DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Wyatt Johnston · Slap, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  2. 2. SJS Will Smith stopped
  3. 3. DAL Matt Duchene scored
  4. 4. SJS Mikael Granlund scored
  5. 5. DAL Wyatt Johnston scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:30SJSBarclay Goodrow: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 8:13SJSJan Rutta: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P3 0:52DALNils Lundkvist: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:16DALColin Blackwell: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 8:24DALMatt Duchene: Holding2 min
  6. OT 4:16SJSKlim Kostin: Interference2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sturm won the faceoff against Johnston
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDAL
27Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals4.3
49Shot attempts83
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
36Hits19
18Blocked shots10
22Giveaways21
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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Wennberg – Kunin8:49

    xG 0.87–0.50 (64%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  2. Grundstrom – Dellandrea – Sturm8:26

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Toffoli – Granlund – Eklund10:06

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  4. Granlund – Kunin – Eklund2:01

    xG 0.10–0.43 (18%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Walman13:33

    xG 0.73–0.63 (54%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Benning – Thrun8:20

    xG 0.68–0.75 (48%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Rutta – Thrun3:29

    xG 0.01–0.17 (3%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Duchene – Marchment10:37

    xG 0.99–0.16 (86%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Hintz – Robertson – Johnston10:19

    xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Blackwell – Steel – Bäck7:32

    xG 0.38–0.66 (37%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Bourque – Stankoven9:29

    xG 0.41–0.72 (36%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Lundkvist13:07

    xG 0.85–0.33 (72%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Heiskanen – Harley15:12

    xG 1.27–0.81 (61%)attempts 24–9goals 1–2

  3. Lyubushkin – Harley2:38

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 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 4.3 xGSJS 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #509 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 63% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

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

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