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Tue, Dec 27, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 3, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0727115329
ARI05117115237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:48DALJason SpezzaSHAssists: Jordie Benn, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:37ARIAnthony DuclairAssists: Martin Hanzal, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:03DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:52DALJohn KlingbergENGWGAssists: Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:53ARIRadim VrbataUnassisted · Backhand, 0.31 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P2 1:09DALJohnny Oduya: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 11:15ARIPeter Holland: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:27DALRadek Faksa: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 18:27DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:27ARIMike Smith: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:27ARIMike Smith: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:27DALCurtis McKenzie: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 18:27ARILawson Crouse: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 2:51ARIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 6:02DALEsa Lindell: Hooking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Martinook
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
29Shots on goal37
3.1Expected goals4.5
55Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
13Penalty minutes13
22Hits33
18Blocked shots12
3Giveaways6
1Takeaways2

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 – Benn – Seguin13:45

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Korpikoski – Shore10:29

    xG 0.51–0.38 (57%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. McKenzie – Ritchie – Faksa11:49

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Cracknell – Dickinson6:21

    xG 0.15–0.08 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell19:07

    xG 0.95–0.58 (62%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Oleksiak13:35

    xG 0.30–0.18 (63%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Benn13:43

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHanzal – Rieder – Duclair13:14

    xG 2.08–0.09 (96%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Holland – Perlini10:13

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Dvorak – Crouse2:12

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Dvorak – Crouse2:17

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – DeAngelo14:09

    xG 0.62–0.47 (57%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Chychrun12:36

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Stone2:40

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

ARI 4.5 xGDAL 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #788 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 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, Arizona Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

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

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