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Wed, Dec 31, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 0, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI07013012032
DAL03214414631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:22DALBrett RitchieGWGAssists: Travis Moen, Vernon Fiddler · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:25DALColton SceviourAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:19DALJamie BennPPAssists: Cody Eakin, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:20DALCody EakinAssists: Antoine Roussel, Alex Goligoski · Slap, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:33DALAles HemskyAssists: Jason Demers, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.02 xG0–5
  6. P3 19:02DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:17DALColton Sceviour: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:34ARITobias Rieder: Delaying game2 min
  3. P2 8:34DALJohn Klingberg: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 12:07DALJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:28ARIShane Doan: Tripping2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chipchura won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIDAL
32Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits33
11Blocked shots16
10Giveaways14
7Takeaways6

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Hanzal – Gagner11:44

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Doan – Vermette – Boedker11:21

    xG 0.47–0.51 (48%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Moss – Chipchura – Rieder2:22

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Rieder – Gaudet4:16

    xG 0.06–0.22 (23%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Ekman-Larsson15:54

    xG 0.69–0.60 (54%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

  2. Yandle – Stone17:02

    xG 0.15–0.76 (16%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

  3. Gormley – Murphy14:22

    xG 0.15–1.09 (12%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMoen – Fiddler – Ritchie9:23

    xG 0.60–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:38

    xG 0.78–0.45 (63%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  3. Benn – Sceviour – Seguin12:13

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  4. Cole – Spezza – Hemsky10:37

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Benn14:43

    xG 1.20–0.12 (91%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:28

    xG 1.14–0.95 (54%)attempts 21–14goals 3–0

  3. Daley – Oleksiak13:24

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 8–13goals 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 3.1 xGARI 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1145 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 72% of the time.

DAL winsARI wins

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

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