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Mon, Oct 10, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 81% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX011014114021141
DAL0701017012225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:55PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.44 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:32DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Sheldon Souray, Steve Ott · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Patrick O'Sullivan stopped
  2. 2. DAL Loui Eriksson scored
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. DAL Michael Ryder stopped
  5. 5. PHX Shane Doan scored
  6. 6. DAL Mike Ribeiro scored
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 7:27DALSteve Ott: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:27PHXMartin Hanzal: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 13:31DALTom Wandell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 15:30PHXTaylor Pyatt: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 17:53PHXShane Doan: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:47PHXRostislav Klesla: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:47DALBrenden Morrow: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 9:47DALBrenden Morrow: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:58PHXKeith Yandle: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 2:53DALVernon Fiddler: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 5:46DALTomas Vincour: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  12. P3 7:25PHXDerek Morris: Holding2 min
  13. P3 13:31PHXMikkel Boedker: Too many men on the ice2 min
  14. P3 16:23PHXAdrian Aucoin: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 16:54DALSteve Ott: Hooking2 min
  16. OT 0:25DALBrenden Morrow: 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Langkow won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXDAL
41Shots on goal25
3.5Expected goals1.7
85Shot attempts56
33Faceoffs won30
7Power plays7
19Penalty minutes19
24Hits25
17Blocked shots20
4Giveaways16
7Takeaways4

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 – Langkow – Doan9:15

    xG 0.41–0.11 (78%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Nokelainen – Boedker5:58

    xG 0.26–0.08 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Vrbata – Hanzal7:50

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – O'Sullivan – Korpikoski7:31

    xG 0.07–0.10 (44%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Schlemko9:45

    xG 0.70–0.07 (91%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle10:52

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson11:19

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Eriksson – Benn10:11

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Fiddler – Burish6:32

    xG 0.04–0.18 (20%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Dowell – Wandell – Vincour4:52

    xG 0.04–0.23 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ryder8:31

    xG 0.07–0.37 (16%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Souray – Daley12:15

    xG 0.52–0.60 (47%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  2. Fistric – Larsen7:42

    xG 0.06–0.20 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Goligoski12:20

    xG 0.09–0.54 (15%)attempts 9–22goals 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 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 80/100 · #203 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 81% 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).