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Wed, Nov 20, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

San Jose Sharks 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 85% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS190618223
DAL1142829531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:33DALJason RobertsonAssists: Mathew Dumba, Thomas Harley · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:44SJSMikael GranlundSHAssists: William Eklund · Snap, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:56DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:56DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Logan Stankoven · Snap, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:25SJSJake WalmanAssists: Mikael Granlund, Cody Ceci · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:33DALRoope HintzENAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.69 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:06DALEvgenii DadonovENAssists: Oskar Bäck · Snap, 0.76 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:27SJSHenry Thrun: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 8:43SJSKlim Kostin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:29DALMathew Dumba: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:18SJSHenry Thrun: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:22DALMiro Heiskanen: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:05SJSLuke Kunin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:53DALMason Marchment: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDAL
23Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals4.9
52Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
28Hits20
18Blocked shots15
16Giveaways18
3Takeaways6

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. bestGranlund – Zetterlund – Eklund9:20

    xG 0.67–0.36 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Toffoli – Wennberg – Dellandrea4:55

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Wennberg – Kunin3:10

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Kunin – Grundstrom – Kostin3:46

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRutta – Thrun8:53

    xG 0.57–0.15 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Liljegren11:24

    xG 0.77–0.42 (65%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Rutta3:34

    xG 0.09–0.20 (30%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHintz – Robertson – Johnston9:04

    xG 0.66–0.14 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Dadonov – Steel – Bäck10:05

    xG 0.46–0.14 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment9:10

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Benn – Bourque – Stankoven7:42

    xG 0.19–0.65 (22%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumba – Harley7:45

    xG 0.49–0.10 (84%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Dumba – Lindell3:41

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley4:19

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 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 4.9 xGSJS 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #590 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 85% 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).