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Mon, Nov 11, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Dallas Stars 7, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Expected result

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

PIT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL612010118740
PIT071608121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33DALMatt DucheneAssists: Mason Marchment, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:13DALLogan StankovenGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:16DALMason MarchmentAssists: Brendan Smith · Snap, 0.22 xG3–0
  4. P1 13:09DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Mason Marchment, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P1 14:37DALMiro HeiskanenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–0
  6. P1 18:39DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Mason Marchment, Matt Duchene · Tip-in, 0.10 xG6–0
  7. P2 15:03PITAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Valtteri Puustinen, Jack St. Ivany · Wrist, 0.15 xG6–1
  8. P3 15:10DALWyatt JohnstonPPAssists: Matt Duchene, Mason Marchment · Wrist, 0.08 xG7–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:11PITSidney Crosby: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:52DALBrendan Smith: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 15:18PITNoel Acciari: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:55PITSidney Crosby: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 13:22PITEvgeni Malkin: Holding2 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 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPIT
40Shots on goal21
4.1Expected goals1.9
67Shot attempts38
26Faceoffs won25
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
12Hits16
8Blocked shots16
12Giveaways15
5Takeaways4

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. bestDadonov – Hintz – Robertson10:27

    xG 0.71–0.04 (95%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston10:11

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Blackwell – Steel – Bourque10:00

    xG 0.17–0.05 (76%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment10:57

    xG 0.56–1.17 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Harley12:18

    xG 0.72–0.30 (71%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Lyubushkin2:30

    xG 0.07–0.03 (68%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestBeauvillier – Lizotte – Puustinen9:13

    xG 0.81–0.25 (77%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  2. Malkin – Crosby – Rakell2:50

    xG 0.10–0.10 (51%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Acciari – Puljujarvi8:43

    xG 0.27–0.45 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Crosby – Rakell – O'Connor9:46

    xG 0.32–0.53 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Graves – St. Ivany12:47

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Grzelcyk3:26

    xG 0.00–0.05 (3%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Pettersson3:33

    xG 0.07–0.15 (32%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

PIT 1.9 xGDAL 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1132 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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.

PIT winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).