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Wed, Feb 19, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 59% of the time.

DAL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI02121307241
DAL11311218333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:19DALCorey PerryAssists: Roope Hintz, Denis Gurianov · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:32ARITaylor HallPPAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:01DALRadek FaksaAssists: Corey Perry, Denis Gurianov · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:12ARIChristian FischerAssists: Christian Dvorak, Ilya Lyubushkin · Deflected, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:38DALJamie OleksiakPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:51ARIJakob Chychrun: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:21DALJoe Pavelski: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:36ARIAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:36DALCorey Perry: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 10:27DALJamie Benn: Boarding5 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:27DALJamie Benn: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P2 14:12ARICarl Soderberg: Hooking2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ARI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIDAL
41Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.6
65Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes19
13Hits21
20Blocked shots15
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways13

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Schmaltz – Keller4:55

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Hinostroza – Crouse5:06

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – Schmaltz – Keller6:25

    xG 0.25–0.18 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Kessel – Hinostroza3:07

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Lyubushkin13:50

    xG 1.70–0.72 (70%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun14:02

    xG 0.41–0.58 (42%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson12:25

    xG 0.15–1.16 (12%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Radulov – Janmark10:16

    xG 0.97–0.54 (64%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa7:45

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov4:13

    xG 0.06–0.57 (10%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Seguin – Hintz8:05

    xG 0.03–0.70 (4%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohns – Heiskanen9:57

    xG 0.79–0.28 (74%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen6:39

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Johns – Lindell6:30

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 6–5goals 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 3.6 xGARI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #455 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 59% 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).