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Sun, Dec 29, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Dallas Stars 4, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0508412425
ARI2220805235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:42ARITaylor HallAssists: Conor Garland, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:02ARIConor GarlandAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:18DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lindell · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:46DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Andrej Sekera, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:51DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Denis Gurianov, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:24DALMattias JanmarkENAssists: Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.50 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:48ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:57DALCorey Perry: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 19:36DALEsa Lindell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 2:43DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  5. P2 15:58ARIJason Demers: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:55ARIPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:49DALBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:49DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:49ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Roughing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
25Shots on goal35
3.3Expected goals2.1
62Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
38Hits30
12Blocked shots18
7Giveaways13
2Takeaways3

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 – Seguin10:24

    xG 0.58–0.12 (82%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov3:54

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Janmark – Hintz3:50

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Seguin – Janmark2:15

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell10:11

    xG 0.54–0.11 (83%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen12:02

    xG 0.61–0.42 (59%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Polak9:34

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Dvorak – Garland10:05

    xG 0.94–0.24 (80%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – Stepan – Crouse4:11

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Kessel – Crouse3:30

    xG 0.06–0.08 (43%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Hall – Dvorak2:09

    xG 0.04–0.22 (15%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNess – Lyubushkin8:52

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 8–9goals 1–2

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun16:24

    xG 0.55–0.41 (58%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson15:29

    xG 0.19–1.20 (14%)attempts 12–22goals 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 2.1 xGDAL 3.3 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 67/100 · #364 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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.

ARI winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).