Dallas Stars at Toronto Maple Leafs
Recap
written from the game dataThe Dallas Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5. The Stars came back from three goals down. It was tied 3-3 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Mavrik Bourque's goal at 14:52 of the third period, which took the Stars' chances from 48% to 88%. Expected goals favored the Stars, 3.6 to 2.3; shots on goal were DAL 32, TOR 27. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Stars win a replay of these chances 71% of the time. Casey DeSmith stopped 22 of 27 (.815), 2.7 goals below expected; Artur Akhtyamov stopped 27 of 32 (.844), 2.4 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Mavrik Bourque (3 G, 1 A), 2. Matt Duchene (3 A), 3. William Nylander (1 G, 2 A).
Three stars
- ★M. Bourque3 G, 1 A

- ★★M. Duchene3 A

- ★★★W. Nylander1 G, 2 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
11 goals1st period
0-12:14
0-214:35
0-315:51
2nd period
1-30:52
2-35:31
3-39:29
3rd period
3-41:40
3-54:19
4-58:18
5-59:38
6-514:52
Penalties
1st
- 1:09
Arttu Hyry · High stickingdrawn by Troy Stecher2 min
- 8:45
Morgan Rielly · Interferencedrawn by Colin Blackwell2 min
2nd
- 5:39
Jamie Benn · Trippingdrawn by Troy Stecher2 min
- 18:01
Ryan Tverberg · Trippingdrawn by Mikko Rantanen2 min
3rd
- 6:37
Steven Lorentz · Holdingdrawn by Oskar Bäck2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Mavrik Bourque, 3rd 14:52 — 48% → 88%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 3.66 G
- All situations
- 5 G2.3
- 2.75 G
- Even strength
- 4 G2.0
- 0.91 G
- Power play
- 1 G0.3
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 87 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 3.57 – 2.29
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 32
- Shots on goal
- 27
- 60%
- Faceoffs
- 40%
- 1/3
- Power play
- 1/2
- 4
- Penalty minutes
- 6
- 11
- Hits
- 27
- 11
- Blocked shots
- 10
- 18
- Giveaways
- 13
- 7
- Takeaways
- 3
Box score
every player line
Season series
DAL leads 2-0
1@
5Final
6@
5this game
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).




















