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Sun, Jan 12, 2025·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 85% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1807111226
OTT0521517327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:31DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:14OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Drake Batherson, Nick Jensen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:53OTTTim StützleAssists: Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:21OTTMatthew HighmoreGWGAssists: Nick Cousins, Shane Pinto · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:07DALEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Colin Blackwell, Logan Stankoven · Snap, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:16DALMiro Heiskanen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:51OTTRidly Greig: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 8:34DALMathew Dumba: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 11:40OTTJosh Norris: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:23OTTTyler Kleven: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 5:10DALIlya Lyubushkin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:01OTTArtem Zub: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against Pinto
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
26Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals4.7
51Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won39
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
9Hits24
13Blocked shots10
22Giveaways18
3Takeaways2

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 – Robertson8:54

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Duchene – Johnston11:10

    xG 0.53–0.59 (47%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

  3. Blackwell – Bäck – Blümel7:20

    xG 0.07–0.40 (15%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Steel – Bourque – Stankoven8:36

    xG 0.09–0.79 (11%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley6:56

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Harley2:00

    xG 0.07–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Dumba – Lyubushkin2:05

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk9:33

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Gaudette – Stützle2:51

    xG 0.21–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Greig – Stützle4:59

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Cousins – Pinto – Greig5:41

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub15:13

    xG 1.22–0.15 (89%)attempts 22–9goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – Chabot13:39

    xG 1.05–0.70 (60%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Matinpalo2:13

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

OTT 4.7 xGDAL 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #868 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 85% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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