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Thu, Oct 19, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 5, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21001338531
ARI11211029431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:50ARIDerek StepanAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Clayton Keller · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:23DALJamie BennPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:04DALRadek FaksaAssists: Tyler Pitlick · Deflected, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:47ARIDerek StepanAssists: Max Domi, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:10DALStephen JohnsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:41ARIClayton KellerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:20DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:06DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Slap, 0.03 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:38ARIClayton KellerAssists: Christian Dvorak, Derek Stepan · Backhand, 0.16 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:00DALJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:15ARIClayton Keller: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:12DALMarc Methot: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:46ARIJason Demers: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:39DALBrett Ritchie: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:22DALRemi Elie: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
31Shots on goal31
3.4Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits24
13Blocked shots12
2Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin11:48

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 18–5goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Shore – Janmark10:04

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa8:29

    xG 0.20–0.34 (36%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Hanzal – Ritchie – Elie8:27

    xG 0.22–0.68 (24%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Johns13:09

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Klingberg – Lindell15:27

    xG 0.62–0.55 (53%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Methot – Johns2:10

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKempe – Rinaldo – Duclair5:37

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Fischer – Crouse5:27

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Domi – Keller10:38

    xG 0.93–0.92 (50%)attempts 16–16goals 2–2

  4. Kempe – Rieder – Dvorak2:10

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson15:28

    xG 1.01–0.30 (77%)attempts 21–6goals 2–2

  2. Schenn – Connauton12:22

    xG 0.59–0.59 (50%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson16:11

    xG 0.11–0.89 (11%)attempts 5–21goals 0–1

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.

ARI 3.1 xGDAL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 93/100 · #106 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.33 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 54% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).