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2023-12-21 · American Airlines Center

3 – 4Final/OT

DAL beat VAN 4–3 in overtime. DAL also won the expected-goals battle 3.9 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Matt Duchene scored at 4:50 of overtime, moving DAL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Scott Wedgewood allowed 1.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
20 – 36
Expected goals
2.2 – 3.9
xG share
DAL 64%
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.

VAN goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

VANDAL

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.

DAL
1 G, 1 A · 20:36 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +0.81
+1.13
DAL
1 G, 0 A · 18:50 TOI
On-ice +0.36 · Finishing +0.65
+1.02
VAN
Dakota Joshua
1 G, 1 A · 18:04 TOI
Finishing +0.76 · Penalties +0.19
+1.01

Rough nights

DAL
64:50 TOI
GSAx −1.21
−1.21
DAL
0 G, 2 A · 18:33 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing −0.82
−0.58
VAN
0 G, 1 A · 19:11 TOI
On-ice −0.31 · Finishing −0.26
−0.56

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–DALWin prob.
P1 2:51 VANDakota Joshua
from Conor Garland, Teddy Blueger
1–047% → 62%
P1 10:51 DALTyler Seguin
from Matt Duchene, Miro Heiskanen
1–136% → 53%
P2 7:51 DALRoope Hintz
from Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski
1–253% → 73%
P2 12:26 VANBrock Boeser
from J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes
2–226% → 47%
P3 15:04 VANConor Garland
from Dakota Joshua, Teddy Blueger
3–249% → 87%
P3 16:30 DALThomas Harley
from Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen
3–311% → 51%
OT 4:50 DALMatt Duchene
from Thomas Harley, Wyatt Johnston
3–452% → 100%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dakota Joshua C18:0411+1.01+0.04+0.76−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.03
Conor Garland R14:1811+0.73+0.03+0.66+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R19:401+0.55−0.13+0.69+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L11:25−0.10+0.07−0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Nikita Zadorov D18:56−0.16+0.04−0.01−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Noah Juulsen D16:08−0.16−0.13−0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pius Suter C17:37−0.16−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.02
Tyler Myers D21:11−0.19−0.19+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nils Aman C8:32−0.22−0.08−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Lafferty C9:34−0.23−0.26−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.02
Phillip Di Giuseppe L7:54−0.24−0.22−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D25:41−0.28−0.25−0.01+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C21:35−0.29−0.13−0.33+0.01+0.00+0.19−0.02
Quinn Hughes D26:481−0.31−0.25−0.06+0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C16:552−0.32−0.11−0.20−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Ilya Mikheyev R18:58−0.32−0.32−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D16:03−0.42−0.24+0.00+0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
J.T. Miller C19:111−0.56−0.31−0.26+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G64:50−0.53

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Thomas Harley D20:3611+1.13+0.32+0.81+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Roope Hintz C18:501+1.02+0.36+0.65+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Tyler Seguin C18:421+0.80−0.05+0.80+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.04
Matt Duchene C18:4811+0.61+0.21+0.37+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02
Ryan Suter D19:29+0.25+0.27−0.03−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Joe Pavelski C16:311+0.22+0.33−0.14−0.00+0.04+0.00−0.01
Miro Heiskanen D26:562+0.16+0.30−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D20:51+0.14+0.10+0.01+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jani Hakanpää D19:59+0.12+0.14−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L13:37+0.08+0.28−0.28+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.04
Mason Marchment L16:21+0.08+0.06−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Craig Smith C9:50+0.03+0.10−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L13:28−0.06−0.03−0.21+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Radek Faksa C12:24−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Joel Hanley D12:39−0.12−0.10−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Wyatt Johnston C17:111−0.19+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Sam Steel C13:48−0.27−0.01−0.21−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Jason Robertson L18:332−0.58+0.23−0.82+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G64:50−1.21

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.