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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

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
DAL015010210235
ARI118111110339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:49ARIAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Jordan Oesterle · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:31ARIAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Nick Cousins, Alex Goligoski · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:39ARIAlex GalchenyukGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Cousins · Snap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:21DALBrett RitchieAssists: Roope Hintz, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:48DALAlexander RadulovAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:42DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:32DALRoman Polak: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:33ARILawson Crouse: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 5:36ARIConor Garland: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:46DALJamie Oleksiak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:51ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
35Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals2.5
71Shot attempts54
40Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
30Hits21
10Blocked shots18
9Giveaways3
0Takeaways5

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 – Cogliano – Dickinson8:18

    xG 0.83–0.20 (81%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Faksa – Janmark5:43

    xG 0.22–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin8:01

    xG 0.17–0.09 (66%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  4. Ritchie – Hintz – Gurianov6:25

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen2:34

    xG 0.70–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen6:06

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 2–1

  3. Polak – Heiskanen4:59

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Galchenyuk – Keller5:06

    xG 0.34–0.11 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Panik – Hinostroza11:06

    xG 0.55–0.35 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  3. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse6:02

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Weal – Archibald – Crouse2:45

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Chychrun15:56

    xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson16:01

    xG 0.56–0.67 (46%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  3. Connauton – Oesterle11:57

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

ARI 2.5 xGDAL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #496 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).