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Tue, Feb 7, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 59% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX191827424
DAL08111010129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:43PHXKeith YandleAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Gilbert Brule · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:34DALMichael RyderAssists: Philip Larsen · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:30PHXRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Rostislav Klesla, Ray Whitney · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:41PHXRaffi TorresAssists: Michal Rozsival, Daymond Langkow · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:09PHXDerek MorrisAssists: Radim Vrbata, Ray Whitney · Slap, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:02PHXMikkel Boedker: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 15:49DALVernon Fiddler: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 8:52PHXKyle Chipchura: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 18:56PHXRostislav Klesla: Holding2 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 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXDAL
24Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won24
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
17Hits26
17Blocked shots16
9Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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. bestDoan – Gordon – Korpikoski13:18

    xG 0.82–0.20 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Chipchura – Brule8:34

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Langkow – Torres – Boedker7:11

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal12:52

    xG 0.75–0.86 (47%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Yandle17:13

    xG 1.25–0.52 (70%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Klesla – Ekman-Larsson10:56

    xG 0.85–0.22 (79%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Morris – Rozsival15:47

    xG 0.65–0.58 (53%)attempts 18–15goals 2–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPetersen – Wandell – Vincour3:59

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  2. Ryder – Ott – Benn12:19

    xG 0.30–0.65 (32%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Ribeiro – Nystrom – Eriksson10:58

    xG 0.38–0.73 (34%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Burish11:33

    xG 0.20–0.94 (17%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Souray – Robidas13:25

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Grossmann13:32

    xG 0.42–0.55 (44%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Larsen16:44

    xG 0.31–1.51 (17%)attempts 11–22goals 1–2

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 2.4 xGPHX 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #818 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 59% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

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

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