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Tue, Nov 11, 2025·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL061711614333
OTT212090602229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Jake Sanderson · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:53OTTNick JensenAssists: Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:22DALMikko RantanenAssists: Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:00DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:04DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:55OTTDrake Batherson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:12DALLian Bichsel: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:31DALLian Bichsel: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:43OTTRidly Greig: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 12:10OTTRidly Greig: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
33Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals2.6
57Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits15
10Blocked shots13
16Giveaways11
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. bestRantanen – Robertson – Johnston6:23

    xG 0.51–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–1goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Faksa – Erne5:15

    xG 0.07–0.13 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Seguin – Hintz – Robertson4:57

    xG 0.07–0.16 (32%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Hintz – Steel3:23

    xG 0.04–0.16 (21%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Lindell2:08

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Heiskanen – Harley6:09

    xG 0.24–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Lyubushkin – Bichsel2:33

    xG 0.18–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterlund – Cozens – Greig8:21

    xG 0.27–0.11 (72%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Amadio – Pinto9:37

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Perron – Batherson – Stützle14:03

    xG 0.77–0.68 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Zetterlund – Cozens2:28

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub12:14

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – Kleven13:53

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  3. Spence – Kleven3:47

    xG 0.33–0.22 (61%)attempts 8–3goals 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.

OTT 2.6 xGDAL 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 69/100 · #459 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 56% 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).