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Sat, Feb 8, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX04010113127
DAL17114012233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:10DALRay WhitneyAssists: Jordie Benn, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:26DALValeri NichushkinGWGAssists: Trevor Daley, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:44PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Antoine Vermette, Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:48DALKevin Connauton: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:45PHXMartin Hanzal: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 1:38DALVernon Fiddler: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:44PHXDavid Moss: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 3:24DALShawn Horcoff: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:21PHXShane Doan: Interference2 min
  7. P3 9:21PHXMike Ribeiro: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 17:12PHXShane Doan: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 18:22DALSergei Gonchar: Slashing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHX attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Chipchura
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXDAL
27Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts74
26Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits14
18Blocked shots12
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways6

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. bestVrbata – Korpikoski – Hanzal2:22

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  2. Doan – Ribeiro – Moss2:31

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker7:20

    xG 0.11–0.14 (45%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Halpern – Moss – Chipchura5:37

    xG 0.17–0.24 (42%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Stone13:09

    xG 0.75–0.84 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Schlemko – Murphy8:31

    xG 0.19–0.35 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson13:22

    xG 0.10–0.56 (15%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Horcoff – Chiasson7:53

    xG 0.41–0.03 (92%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Peverley – Eakin8:20

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt8:09

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:46

    xG 0.67–0.48 (58%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Connauton11:29

    xG 0.75–0.17 (82%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski14:03

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Dillon12:15

    xG 0.42–0.45 (48%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

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 3.5 xGPHX 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #1066 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 63% 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).