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Tue, Oct 17, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 1, Dallas Stars 3

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
ARI0617015128
DAL11211319334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:17DALRadek FaksaAssists: Mattias Janmark · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:48DALDan HamhuisGWGAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Radek Faksa · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:40ARIJason DemersAssists: Max Domi, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:08DALAlexander RadulovENAssists: Tyler Seguin, Dan Hamhuis · Backhand, 0.68 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:26ARILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:26DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:01ARIJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:56DALMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  5. P3 4:39DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIDAL
28Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals3.9
52Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
29Hits23
12Blocked shots15
12Giveaways9
3Takeaways8

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. bestStepan – Domi – Keller4:18

    xG 0.49–0.28 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Kempe – Rinaldo – Martinook9:00

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Cousins – Fischer – Crouse5:52

    xG 0.17–0.33 (33%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Duclair – Domi11:36

    xG 0.94–1.13 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Connauton2:01

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Demers3:15

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson18:05

    xG 0.81–0.90 (48%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHanzal – Shore – Janmark4:18

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Hanzal – Janmark2:22

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin13:02

    xG 1.22–1.17 (51%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Ritchie – Elie3:58

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Honka15:43

    xG 1.08–0.59 (65%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Johns15:29

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Methot – Klingberg17:21

    xG 1.25–1.26 (50%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

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 3.9 xGARI 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1066 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50DAL 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, 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).