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Dallas StarsDAL 5–3 Final San Jose SharksSJS

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Dallas StarsDAL 221 5 30
San Jose SharksSJS 021 3 37

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
12:25 DAL Roope Hintz (10) Mikko Rantanen (31), Esa Lindell (9) · wrist xG 0.18 1–0 ▶
17:38 DAL Wyatt Johnston (18) Miro Heiskanen (23), Esa Lindell (10) · wrist xG 0.13 2–0 ▶
2nd Period
1:43 SJS Shakir Mukhamadullin (2) Ty Dellandrea (9) · slap xG 0.04 2–1 ▶
8:40 DAL Wyatt Johnston (19)PP Mikko Rantanen (32), Roope Hintz (18) · wrist xG 0.14 3–1 ▶
16:44 SJS Collin Graf (7) Macklin Celebrini (34) · wrist xG 0.03 3–2 ▶
19:17 DAL Justin Hryckowian (4) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.04 4–2 ▶
3rd Period
4:32 SJS Collin Graf (8) Igor Chernyshov (2), Macklin Celebrini (35) · wrist xG 0.18 4–3 ▶
18:42 DAL Jamie Benn (5)EN Unassisted · wrist xG 0.46 5–3 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

DAL 30%Deserve to win70% SJS
DALSJS
2.75Expected goals3.48
5Goals (no shootout)3
2.14Expected goals, 5 on 52.37
53Shot attempts70
40Unblocked attempts49
30Shots on goal37

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
19:17 SJS Goalie Goalie · Nedeljkovic −2.2 goals saved
4 goals on 1.82 xG, 19 shots on goal
3rd Period
17:36 SJS Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Nedeljkovic, down 4–3
With 2:24 left; DAL scored at 18:42 of the 3rd (5–3)
19:10 SJS Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Nedeljkovic, down 5–3
With 0:50 left

Shot map

DAL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ SJS shoots
John Klingberg: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:15) John Klingberg: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 0:48) Ethan Cardwell: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 2:02) Mavrik Bourque: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 2:13) Mavrik Bourque: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 2:14) Dmitry Orlov: wrist, 183 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 3:33) John Klingberg: slap, 64 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 4:00) Miro Heiskanen: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:22) Igor Chernyshov: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 4:43) Justin Hryckowian: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:54) Mavrik Bourque: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 5:10) Ethan Cardwell: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:51) Jamie Benn: tip-in, 27 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 7:41) Igor Chernyshov: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 7:51) Esa Lindell: wrist, 168 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 9:00) William Eklund: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 9:35) William Eklund: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 9:36) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 9:43) Igor Chernyshov: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.23 (P1 12:44) Collin Graf: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 13:03) Igor Chernyshov: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.27 (P1 13:05) Nils Lundkvist: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:29) Mikko Rantanen: wrist, 74 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:45) Ryan Reaves: slap, 24 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 15:12) Miro Heiskanen: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:59) Miro Heiskanen: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 17:16) Roope Hintz: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 18:46) Macklin Celebrini: slap, 30 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 1:18) Ryan Reaves: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 2:38) Mario Ferraro: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:54) Nils Lundkvist: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:11) Mikko Rantanen: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 3:36) Radek Faksa: tip-in, 26 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 4:48) Ethan Cardwell: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:36) Mario Ferraro: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 6:54) Tyler Toffoli: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 6:55) John Klingberg: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:02) Adam Gaudette: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:03) Jason Robertson: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 7:12) Jamie Benn: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 7:14) Jason Robertson: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:15) Alexander Petrovic: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 9:48) Thomas Harley: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 10:05) Mikko Rantanen: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:41) Matt Duchene: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.32 (P2 10:44) Wyatt Johnston: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:06) Igor Chernyshov: backhand, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 13:11) Tyler Toffoli: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 13:35) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:22) John Klingberg: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 15:25) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 15:28) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:35) Alexander Wennberg: deflected, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:35) William Eklund: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 15:36) Alexander Wennberg: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 15:38) Collin Graf: tip-in, 4 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 16:42) Nils Lundkvist: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 17:08) Ethan Cardwell: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 17:30) Jamie Benn: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 18:05) Oskar Bäck: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 19:46) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:04) Mavrik Bourque: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 2:06) Nils Lundkvist: wrist, 181 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 3:53) Mavrik Bourque: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 6:07) William Eklund: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 6:36) William Eklund: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 6:55) Timothy Liljegren: slap, 63 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 7:05) Jason Robertson: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 7:59) Jason Robertson: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:44) Wyatt Johnston: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 8:53) Jason Robertson: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:10) Roope Hintz: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 10:38) Ty Dellandrea: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 14:52) Jason Robertson: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 15:19) John Klingberg: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 16:10) Alexander Wennberg: deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 16:12) William Eklund: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 18:03) William Eklund: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 18:30) Macklin Celebrini: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 18:37) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:23) Macklin Celebrini: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 19:30) Roope Hintz: GOAL, wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 12:25) Wyatt Johnston: GOAL, wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 17:38) Shakir Mukhamadullin: GOAL, slap, 54 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 1:43) Wyatt Johnston: GOAL, wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 8:40) Collin Graf: GOAL, wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 16:44) Justin Hryckowian: GOAL, wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:17) Collin Graf: GOAL, wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.18 (P3 4:32) Jamie Benn: GOAL, wrist, 154 ft, xG 0.46 (P3 18:42)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Dallas Stars

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
53 Wyatt Johnston 202 +1 60.32 1118:43
96 Mikko Rantanen 022 +2 30.12 1017:43
95 Matt Duchene 000 +2 20.32 1016:02
21 Jason Robertson 000 +1 80.25 2115:43
10 Oskar Bäck 000 +1 10.11 0215:34
24 Roope Hintz 112 +2 30.30 0014:35
22 Mavrik Bourque 000 0 60.27 0014:30
49 Justin Hryckowian 101 -1 20.04 3114:07
14 Jamie Benn 101 +1 40.72 1013:44
12 Radek Faksa 000 -1 30.06 0011:57
18 Sam Steel 000 -3 10.00 1011:09
15 Colin Blackwell 000 -2 10.00 0110:41
Defense
23 Esa Lindell 022 +2 20.00 0325:46
4 Miro Heiskanen 011 +2 40.07 0323:48
55 Thomas Harley 000 0 10.04 0022:00
5 Nils Lundkvist 000 +1 50.06 0317:54
46 Ilya Lyubushkin 000 -2 00.00 3515:58
36 Alexander Petrovic 000 -1 10.08 3014:06
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jake Oettinger 37334 .919 3.48 +0.48

San Jose Sharks

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
71 Macklin Celebrini 022 0 150.51 1024:04
21 Alexander Wennberg 000 -3 40.36 0120:59
27 William Eklund 000 -3 80.51 0020:31
51 Collin Graf 202 0 50.48 0019:29
73 Tyler Toffoli 000 -3 50.06 2018:49
92 Igor Chernyshov 011 +1 50.71 0118:39
10 Ty Dellandrea 011 +1 10.09 5013:31
81 Adam Gaudette 000 +1 10.02 1012:46
63 Zack Ostapchuk 000 0 00.00 2009:56
23 Barclay Goodrow 000 0 00.00 1108:52
75 Ryan Reaves 000 0 20.21 5007:36
Defense
3 John Klingberg 000 -2 100.22 0226:54
9 Dmitry Orlov 000 +1 50.00 3223:40
27 Timothy Liljegren 000 +1 20.02 2120:46
38 Mario Ferraro 000 -1 20.10 3117:31
6 Vincent Iorio 000 0 00.00 1014:02
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin 101 0 10.04 1211:53
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Alex Nedeljkovic 29425 .862 2.29 -1.71

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Dallas Stars

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
96 Mikko Rantanen R +2.08 +1.40 +0.08 +0.76 -0.15 +0.01 -0.02 — 17:43
53 Wyatt Johnston C +2.01 +1.50 +0.21 +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 18:43
23 Esa Lindell D +1.71 +1.10 0.00 +0.48 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 25:46
24 Roope Hintz C +1.41 +1.30 +0.19 -0.09 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 14:35
4 Miro Heiskanen D +1.32 +0.70 +0.04 +0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 23:48
95 Matt Duchene C +0.96 0.00 +0.21 +0.76 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 16:02
49 Justin Hryckowian C +0.85 +0.75 +0.03 -0.01 0.00 +0.03 +0.05 — 14:07
14 Jamie Benn L +0.62 +0.75 +0.47 -0.57 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:44
29 Jake Oettinger G +0.48 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.48 60:00
10 Oskar Bäck C +0.44 0.00 +0.07 +0.27 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 15:34
22 Mavrik Bourque C +0.43 0.00 +0.17 +0.24 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 14:30
5 Nils Lundkvist D -0.01 0.00 +0.04 -0.19 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 17:54
12 Radek Faksa C -0.28 0.00 +0.04 -0.35 0.00 +0.03 0.00 — 11:57
28 Alexander Petrovic D -0.29 0.00 +0.05 -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 14:06
55 Thomas Harley D -0.30 0.00 +0.02 -0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 22:00
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D -0.33 0.00 0.00 -0.58 0.00 0.00 +0.25 — 15:58
21 Jason Robertson L -0.46 0.00 +0.17 -0.61 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 15:43
15 Colin Blackwell C -0.47 0.00 0.00 -0.68 +0.15 +0.01 +0.05 — 10:41
18 Sam Steel C -1.01 0.00 0.00 -0.71 -0.30 0.00 0.00 — 11:09

San Jose Sharks

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
51 Collin Graf R +2.98 +1.50 +0.31 +1.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:29
71 Macklin Celebrini C +2.85 +1.25 +0.33 +1.32 0.00 -0.03 -0.02 — 24:04
92 Igor Chernyshov L +2.01 +0.70 +0.46 +0.82 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 18:39
37 Timothy Liljegren D +1.11 0.00 +0.02 +1.06 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:46
9 Dmitry Orlov D +0.93 0.00 0.00 +0.82 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 23:40
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin D +0.39 +0.75 +0.03 -0.45 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 11:53
10 Ty Dellandrea C +0.25 +0.70 +0.06 -0.45 0.00 -0.03 -0.02 — 13:31
21 Alexander Wennberg C +0.24 0.00 +0.23 -0.20 +0.15 -0.01 +0.07 — 20:59
75 Ryan Reaves R +0.22 0.00 +0.14 +0.10 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 7:36
72 William Eklund L +0.16 0.00 +0.33 -0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 20:31
22 Vincent Iorio D +0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:02
38 Mario Ferraro D -0.13 0.00 +0.06 -0.21 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 17:31
56 Ethan Cardwell R -0.17 0.00 +0.10 -0.23 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 11:22
63 Zack Ostapchuk C -0.22 0.00 0.00 -0.32 +0.15 -0.03 -0.02 — 9:56
81 Adam Gaudette R -0.28 0.00 +0.01 -0.26 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 12:46
23 Barclay Goodrow C -0.33 0.00 0.00 -0.38 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 8:52
3 John Klingberg D -0.52 0.00 +0.14 -0.75 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 26:54
73 Tyler Toffoli C -0.66 0.00 +0.04 -0.64 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 18:49
33 Alex Nedeljkovic G -1.71 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.71 58:04

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.