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Mon, Dec 6, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

DAL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI091505119
DAL1708312427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:48DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:09ARIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Clayton Keller, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:01DALJacob PetersonGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:14DALJamie BennPPAssists: Denis Gurianov, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:08DALJamie BennAssists: Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.24 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:06ARITravis Boyd: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:55ARIKyle Capobianco: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:18ARILiam O'Brien: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:43DALJoel Kiviranta: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:17ARILoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← ARI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dzingel won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIDAL
19Shots on goal27
1.4Expected goals2.8
35Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
21Hits19
20Blocked shots11
10Giveaways16
4Takeaways4

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. bestLadd – Galchenyuk – O'Brien9:22

    xG 0.56–0.47 (54%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  2. Kessel – Boyd – Keller12:40

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  3. Eriksson – Roussel – Dzingel6:57

    xG 0.05–0.23 (18%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Fischer – Crouse – Hayton10:08

    xG 0.25–0.49 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Capobianco12:45

    xG 0.55–0.04 (93%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Capobianco2:12

    xG 0.16–0.30 (36%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Chychrun – Lyubushkin14:12

    xG 0.34–0.73 (31%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Peterson9:39

    xG 1.10–0.18 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 2–0

  2. Seguin – Faksa – Kero4:41

    xG 0.04–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Gurianov – Kiviranta3:29

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Faksa – Kiviranta3:07

    xG 0.01–0.04 (13%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Heiskanen16:30

    xG 0.95–0.29 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 3–0

  2. Suter – Klingberg15:53

    xG 0.75–0.62 (55%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell2:51

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 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.

DAL 2.8 xGARI 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #908 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (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 77% 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).