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Wed, Feb 9, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHX1140711014335
DAL17170400218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:48DALSteve OttAssists: Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:22PHXMichal RozsivalPPAssists: Taylor Pyatt, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:56DALBrad RichardsAssists: Nicklas Grossmann, Brenden Morrow · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:37PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:13PHXRadim VrbataPPGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:30PHXScottie Upshall: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:30DALMike Ribeiro: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:38DALTom Wandell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:49DALNicklas Grossmann: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:54PHXDerek Morris: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:07DALBrenden Morrow: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:07PHXSami Lepisto: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:39DALJamie Langenbrunner: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:39PHXLauri Korpikoski: Diving2 min
  10. P3 19:41DALJamie Langenbrunner: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Wandell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXDAL
35Shots on goal18
2.7Expected goals1.7
61Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
8Penalty minutes12
31Hits31
18Blocked shots16
7Giveaways7
6Takeaways6

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. Fiddler – Bissonnette – Boedker2:28

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal13:05

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Doan – Upshall – Korpikoski10:31

    xG 0.13–0.33 (29%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Belanger – Pyatt – Stempniak11:08

    xG 0.31–0.69 (31%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Lepisto2:39

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Lepisto14:13

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson11:11

    xG 0.12–0.24 (35%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Eriksson – Neal14:33

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Wandell – Vincour8:49

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Sutherby – Wathier – Gagnon2:41

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Langenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro15:15

    xG 0.19–0.50 (28%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley14:07

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Skrastins – Fistric9:36

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  3. Robidas – Grossmann16:12

    xG 0.14–0.37 (27%)attempts 15–11goals 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 1.7 xGPHX 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #586 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 70% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).