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2021-03-21 · American Airlines Center

4 – 3Final/SO

NSH beat DAL 4–3 in a shootout. NSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Eeli Tolvanen scored at 14:15 of the third, moving NSH’s win probability from 13% to 49%. Anton Khudobin allowed 1.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 30
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.0
xG share
DAL 59%
Home-ice start
DAL 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

NSH goalDAL goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

NSHDAL

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

NSH
Ryan Johansen
1 G, 1 A · 20:29 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +0.72 · Shootout +0.79
+1.46
NSH
Pekka Rinne
65:00 TOI
GSAx +0.82
+0.82
DAL
1 G, 0 A · 10:10 TOI
Finishing +0.78
+0.78

Rough nights

DAL
Anton Khudobin
65:00 TOI
GSAx −1.61
−1.61
DAL
0 G, 1 A · 23:56 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.31 · Shootout −0.49
−0.76
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 12:00 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing −0.14 · Shootout −0.49
−0.71

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalNSH–DALWin prob.
P1 9:02 DALRhett Gardner
from Esa Lindell, Tanner Kero
0–153% → 70%
P1 10:21 DALRadek Faksa
from Jason Robertson, Jamie Oleksiak
0–270% → 83%
P1 10:51 NSHRyan JohansenPP
from Mattias Ekholm, Eeli Tolvanen
1–217% → 30%
P2 13:02 DALTy Dellandrea
from Joe Pavelski, John Klingberg
1–375% → 89%
P2 17:54 NSHFilip Forsberg
from Ryan Johansen, Eeli Tolvanen
2–39% → 24%
P3 14:15 NSHEeli Tolvanen
from Ben Harpur
3–313% → 49%

Every player

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NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Ryan Johansen C20:2911+1.46−0.07+0.72−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.79
Calle Jarnkrok C18:03+0.72−0.06−0.23−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01+1.01
Filip Forsberg L20:591+0.47−0.25+0.85+0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00−0.32
Eeli Tolvanen R17:3612+0.39−0.05+0.92−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.49
Mathieu Olivier R13:18−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jeremy Davies D13:31−0.01−0.02+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rocco Grimaldi R11:42−0.06−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Benning D13:54−0.07−0.08+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dante Fabbro D21:40−0.07−0.05−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C12:03−0.10+0.01−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Alexandre Carrier D26:13−0.12−0.09−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Viktor Arvidsson L17:48−0.14−0.01−0.12+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Mattias Ekholm D28:131−0.14−0.11−0.07+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Harpur D19:091−0.15−0.11−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Haula L19:18−0.38−0.15−0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Colton Sissons C14:43−0.43−0.02−0.42−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.03+0.00
Rem Pitlick C9:48−0.58−0.08−0.09−0.00−0.03−0.36−0.02−0.00
Nick Cousins C12:00−0.71−0.07−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Pekka Rinne G65:00+0.82

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Radek Faksa C10:101+0.78−0.02+0.78−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.00
Joe Pavelski C20:361+0.71+0.07−0.11+0.01+0.04+0.00+0.02+0.69
Rhett Gardner C10:001+0.66−0.01+0.72−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05−0.00
Ty Dellandrea C16:131+0.36+0.11+0.66−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.38
Jamie Oleksiak D21:451+0.15+0.16+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Denis Gurianov R19:36+0.10+0.16−0.25−0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00−0.00
Jason Dickinson C22:02+0.07+0.15−0.24−0.01+0.01+0.18−0.02+0.00
Blake Comeau L16:32+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Joel Hanley D14:26+0.03+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tanner Kero C9:081+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Cogliano C15:29−0.09+0.06−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D23:201−0.11+0.06−0.04+0.01+0.04−0.18+0.00+0.00
Andrej Sekera D14:33−0.11+0.03−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D26:07−0.14+0.21−0.17−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L8:22−0.33−0.04−0.29−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jamie Benn L18:25−0.47+0.03−0.07+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.49
Jason Robertson L22:091−0.60+0.09−0.39+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
John Klingberg D23:561−0.76+0.06−0.31+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Khudobin G65:00−1.61

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.