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Thu, Mar 24, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 1, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL113011014138
ARI1131918330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:11ARITobias RiederAssists: Connor Murphy, Brad Richardson · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:20DALAles HemskyAssists: Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:55ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonGWGAssists: Michael Stone, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:51ARIMartin HanzalSHAssists: Klas Dahlbeck, Max Domi · Slap, 0.29 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:50ARIAnthony Duclair: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 4:57DALCody Eakin: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 10:37DALPatrick Eaves: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 18:50DALJamie Benn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 5:16DALPatrick Eaves: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:19DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 11:23ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 1:26DALAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:07ARIJiri Sekac: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
38Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.1
70Shot attempts76
23Faceoffs won39
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
25Hits16
26Blocked shots15
3Giveaways3
4Takeaways5

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. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Benn2:23

    xG 0.47–0.04 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Roussel – Faksa5:57

    xG 0.37–0.20 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Fiddler – Sceviour – Ritchie5:18

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Benn – Eakin7:01

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg9:04

    xG 0.86–0.16 (84%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Klingberg4:29

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Nemeth3:31

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHanzal – Domi – Sekac2:27

    xG 0.12–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Richardson – Rieder8:26

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Tanguay – Vermette – Sekac4:49

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Duclair – Domi5:13

    xG 0.15–0.13 (52%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Michalek – Dahlbeck10:18

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Stone – Connauton10:38

    xG 0.24–0.49 (33%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy12:43

    xG 0.56–0.84 (40%)attempts 15–17goals 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.

ARI 3.1 xGDAL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #809 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

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

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