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Thu, Oct 4, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 0, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI08012010030
DAL01031005325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:21DALDevin ShoreGWGAssists: Radek Faksa, Connor Carrick · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:49DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Jamie Benn, Connor Carrick · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:57DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Esa Lindell, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:05ARIKevin Connauton: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 1:49DALJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:20ARIChristian Fischer: Kneeing2 min
  4. P2 5:33DALBrett Ritchie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 5:33ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 9:51DALEsa Lindell: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:51ARIChristian Fischer: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 1:18DALAlexander Radulov: Interference2 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

20:00

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
30Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits31
14Blocked shots15
10Giveaways13
7Takeaways5

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. bestRichardson – Grabner – Cousins5:42

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Hinostroza – Perlini – Keller5:55

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Perlini – Crouse2:06

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Grabner – Fischer2:19

    xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Oesterle8:53

    xG 0.74–0.25 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Connauton2:50

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson17:59

    xG 0.52–0.77 (40%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin12:15

    xG 0.85–0.25 (77%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Comeau – Janmark9:44

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Dickinson – Hintz7:05

    xG 0.01–0.40 (2%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Pitlick – Faksa – Shore10:56

    xG 0.18–0.88 (17%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Carrick12:20

    xG 0.89–0.44 (67%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Heiskanen13:49

    xG 0.41–0.56 (42%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell19:20

    xG 0.57–1.05 (35%)attempts 12–20goals 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.

DAL 2.7 xGARI 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1209 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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 55% 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).