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Mon, Dec 23, 2024·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Dallas Stars 3, Utah Hockey Club 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

UTA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1921604329
UTA1110619226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:02DALColin BlackwellAssists: Oskar Bäck, Sam Steel · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:41UTAKevin StenlundAssists: Ian Cole, Michael Carcone · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:39DALRoope HintzAssists: Mavrik Bourque, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:50DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Thomas Harley · Snap, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:39UTABarrett HaytonAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:52UTALawson Crouse: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:52DALMason Marchment: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:24UTAClayton Keller: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:24DALMason Marchment: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:12UTALogan Cooley: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Blackwell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALUTA
29Shots on goal26
3.8Expected goals2.8
68Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits19
20Blocked shots21
8Giveaways18
5Takeaways6

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. bestBenn – Dadonov – Johnston5:47

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Duchene – Blackwell – Marchment5:37

    xG 0.18–0.09 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Steel – Bäck3:22

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston3:18

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Lundkvist8:25

    xG 0.41–0.10 (81%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Lundkvist – Bichsel3:03

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

  3. Lundkvist – Harley2:52

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Keller – Hayton9:56

    xG 1.02–0.44 (70%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli8:31

    xG 0.46–0.19 (70%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone5:59

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  4. McBain – Guenther – Cooley8:13

    xG 0.03–0.84 (4%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Kesselring9:45

    xG 0.67–0.13 (84%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Kesselring – Kolyachonok2:03

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Kolyachonok2:42

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

UTA 2.8 xGDAL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTADAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #710 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

UTA winsDAL wins

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

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