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Thu, Feb 1, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 66% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0531713425
ARI160408118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:06ARIKevin ConnautonAssists: Max Domi, Christian Fischer · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:00DALDevin ShoreAssists: Jason Spezza, Dan Hamhuis · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:21DALTyler SeguinPPGWGAssists: Devin Shore, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:24DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Radek Faksa, Greg Pateryn · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:24DALEsa LindellENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG4–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:46ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:09DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:31DALJulius Honka: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P1 14:41ARIJakob Chychrun: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 4:22ARIKevin Connauton: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:07ARIBrad Richardson: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:29DALTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 4:04DALMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 6:48DALJamie Benn: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 8:09DALEsa Lindell: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:09ARIMax Domi: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 8:09ARIClayton Keller: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 12:26ARIJakob Chychrun: 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 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
25Shots on goal18
3.0Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts60
36Faceoffs won32
6Power plays6
14Penalty minutes14
27Hits30
24Blocked shots12
4Giveaways4
2Takeaways5

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 – Shore – Smith3:53

    xG 0.42–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Ritchie – Dickinson – Elie5:43

    xG 0.11–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Faksa – Janmark5:48

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Pitlick – Faksa2:20

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Honka9:45

    xG 0.54–0.27 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Johns11:20

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell12:58

    xG 0.20–0.56 (26%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Panik – Perlini8:16

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Dvorak – Keller5:37

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Archibald – Martinook5:33

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Domi – Fischer4:46

    xG 0.18–0.38 (33%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Chychrun9:12

    xG 0.37–0.16 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson10:00

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Connauton2:14

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 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 2.1 xGDAL 3.0 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 · #813 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% 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).