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Sun, Nov 30, 2025·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 1, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT071405116
DAL0536315626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:58DALMavrik BourqueAssists: Ilya Lyubushkin, Oskar Bäck · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:36OTTJake SandersonAssists: David Perron, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:20DALJason RobertsonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:33DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:52DALWyatt JohnstonPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.27 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:24DALJamie BennAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston · Snap, 0.28 xG1–5
  7. P3 15:41DALWyatt JohnstonPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.22 xG1–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:08OTTMichael Amadio: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:41DALAlexander Petrovic: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:19DALKyle Capobianco: Interference2 min
  4. P3 0:35DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:13OTTJordan Spence: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 9:42OTTDylan Cozens: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:42DALRoope Hintz: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:42OTTDylan Cozens: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:26OTTMichael Amadio: Tripping2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pinto won the faceoff against Johnston
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
16Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts36
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits21
9Blocked shots11
18Giveaways15
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Cousins – Greig7:50

    xG 0.44–0.22 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Zetterlund – Tkachuk – Cozens7:26

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Amadio – Pinto7:43

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Batherson – Stützle4:49

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub12:22

    xG 0.70–0.12 (85%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – Matinpalo14:59

    xG 0.80–0.29 (73%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Kleven – Zub2:38

    xG 0.06–0.12 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Rantanen – Johnston10:23

    xG 0.46–0.28 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  2. Seguin – Hintz – Robertson9:55

    xG 0.27–0.30 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Faksa – Steel9:00

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Bäck – Bourque – Hryckowian8:52

    xG 0.12–0.66 (16%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Heiskanen14:35

    xG 0.83–0.16 (83%)attempts 15–7goals 3–0

  2. Petrovic – Capobianco4:30

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Petrovic – Lindell2:32

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

DAL 2.7 xGOTT 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #915 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 51% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

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