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Tue, Mar 1, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 3, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

PHX winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL17013210330
PHX0809210227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:16DALTom WandellAssists: Toby Petersen · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:47DALJamie LangenbrunnerAssists: Steve Ott, Adam Burish · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:21PHXRostislav KleslaAssists: Kyle Turris, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:22PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:55DALJamie BennPPGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:00DALJamie Benn: Throwing equipment2 min
  2. P2 2:42PHXShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:07PHXAdrian Aucoin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:00DALMark Fistric: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:14PHXEric Belanger: Holding2 min
  6. P3 19:47PHXRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:55PHXDerek Morris: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 19:55PHXDerek Morris: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 19:55PHXKeith Yandle: Misconduct10 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Ott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHX
30Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts57
34Faceoffs won30
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes30
24Hits31
14Blocked shots12
0Giveaways8
3Takeaways3

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – Ott – Benn4:36

    xG 0.34–0.07 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Benn – Vincour7:27

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Eriksson2:08

    xG 0.04–0.03 (61%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn3:06

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkrastins – Daley2:53

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Goligoski15:26

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley14:16

    xG 0.48–0.43 (52%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Boedker4:08

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal6:19

    xG 0.27–0.09 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Doan – Belanger – Korpikoski6:34

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Bissonnette – Turris – Boedker2:07

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Schlemko12:35

    xG 0.91–0.55 (62%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Klesla11:51

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  3. Morris – Yandle16:43

    xG 0.21–0.34 (39%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

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.

PHX 2.5 xGDAL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHX's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHX is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #317 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

PHX winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
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+5
+6
+7

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