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Tue, Feb 4, 2014·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 3, Phoenix Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

PHX winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01311928340
PHX01117010128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:18PHXAntoine VermetteUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:32DALShawn HorcoffPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:25DALAntoine RousselGWGAssists: Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:33DALRyan GarbuttENAssists: Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.47 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:05PHXZbynek Michalek: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:34PHXZbynek Michalek: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:02PHXDerek Morris: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:49DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:48PHXKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:22DALAntoine Roussel: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHX
40Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
23Hits32
20Blocked shots12
8Giveaways8
2Takeaways13

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. bestFiddler – Roussel – Garbutt11:09

    xG 0.70–0.56 (56%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin11:43

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Chiasson6:17

    xG 0.05–0.28 (16%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Peverley – Eakin10:53

    xG 0.22–0.53 (30%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon18:00

    xG 1.03–0.75 (58%)attempts 18–21goals 0–1

  2. Gonchar – Rome9:25

    xG 0.30–0.62 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski17:06

    xG 0.21–0.62 (26%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Vrbata – Hanzal13:01

    xG 0.95–0.57 (63%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Ribeiro – Moss2:32

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Halpern – Chipchura4:05

    xG 0.09–0.03 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Moss – Klinkhammer6:34

    xG 0.31–0.26 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle19:58

    xG 1.12–0.79 (59%)attempts 29–19goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Murphy7:54

    xG 0.37–0.18 (68%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson14:39

    xG 0.23–0.20 (55%)attempts 11–10goals 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.

PHX 2.3 xGDAL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #768 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHX 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, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

PHX winsDAL wins

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

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