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Fri, Feb 24, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 73% of the time.

DAL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1811108227
DAL112114311537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:06ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Max Domi, Alex Goligoski · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:12DALDevin ShoreAssists: Jiri Hudler, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:59ARIMartin HanzalAssists: Radim Vrbata, Connor Murphy · Wrap-around, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:58DALJohn KlingbergPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:03DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Jordie Benn, Esa Lindell · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:22DALLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Radek Faksa, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:58DALCody EakinAssists: Jamie Benn, Brett Ritchie · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:14DALDan Hamhuis: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:26ARIChristian Dvorak: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:48DALJamie Oleksiak: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:48DALJamie Oleksiak: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:55ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:22ARIChristian Dvorak: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:29ARIJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 3:56DALJamie Oleksiak: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 6:32ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Delaying game2 min
  10. P3 13:47ARIMax Domi: Slashing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Martinook
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIDAL
27Shots on goal37
3.0Expected goals4.4
55Shot attempts80
30Faceoffs won44
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
24Hits13
27Blocked shots16
2Giveaways9
3Takeaways11

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. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Rieder5:47

    xG 0.99–0.08 (93%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Domi4:40

    xG 0.53–0.54 (49%)attempts 9–7goals 1–2

  3. Doan – Perlini – Dvorak9:50

    xG 0.18–0.29 (39%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. White – Rieder – Martinook2:48

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Chychrun12:25

    xG 1.31–0.71 (65%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson13:24

    xG 0.39–0.62 (38%)attempts 6–20goals 1–1

  3. Schenn – Connauton10:28

    xG 0.14–0.64 (17%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Eakin – Ritchie9:13

    xG 0.96–0.32 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Korpikoski – Faksa7:44

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – McKenzie – Shore4:42

    xG 0.07–0.16 (29%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  4. Sharp – Roussel – Seguin9:38

    xG 0.52–0.84 (38%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohns – Oleksiak11:04

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Klingberg2:18

    xG 0.31–0.14 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Benn10:11

    xG 1.13–1.08 (51%)attempts 16–13goals 1–2

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 4.4 xGARI 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #486 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 73% 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).