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Sun, Dec 26, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Dallas Stars 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 57% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0711008125
DAL0801309030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:46PHXKyle TurrisGWGAssists: Shane Doan, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:28PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:28DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:08DALJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:13DALSteve Ott: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 14:43DALBrian Sutherby: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 3:28PHXDerek Morris: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 10:06PHXAdrian Aucoin: High sticking2 min

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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXDAL
25Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals2.0
52Shot attempts61
36Faceoffs won21
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
20Hits27
16Blocked shots17
12Giveaways17
5Takeaways14

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Stempniak – Hanzal12:26

    xG 0.75–0.12 (86%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Belanger – Upshall11:19

    xG 0.05–0.36 (13%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Korpikoski – Wolski10:35

    xG 0.11–0.56 (16%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Yandle2:17

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle15:09

    xG 0.70–0.58 (55%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Lepisto – Schlemko7:17

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Ott – Segal – Burish2:19

    xG 0.03–0.01 (70%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn13:25

    xG 0.57–0.60 (49%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal12:59

    xG 0.32–0.70 (32%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Fistric13:30

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Daley2:11

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Skrastins – Niskanen10:36

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 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 2.0 xGPHX 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1092 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 57% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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