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Fri, Mar 31, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Dallas Stars 5, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 88% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL18211212531
ARI290405218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:23DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Esa Lindell, Jason Robertson · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:32ARIJuuso VälimäkiPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Travis Boyd · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:14ARIConnor MackeyAssists: Travis Boyd, Christian Fischer · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:53DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:38DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Roope Hintz, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:56DALJamie BennPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:59DALMax DomiENAssists: Esa Lindell · Backhand, 0.80 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:22DALJoel Kiviranta: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:34ARIBrett Ritchie: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 16:28ARINick Schmaltz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 4:47ARIJoshua Brown: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:53DALWyatt Johnston: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 12:13ARIVictor Soderstrom: High sticking double minor4 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Hayton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALARI
31Shots on goal18
4.9Expected goals2.1
60Shot attempts43
33Faceoffs won19
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
17Hits23
14Blocked shots11
4Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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. bestSeguin – Faksa – Domi8:27

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:17

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 15–9goals 3–0

  3. Glendening – Dellandrea – Kiviranta7:30

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta2:41

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell13:23

    xG 0.69–0.51 (57%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Heiskanen9:48

    xG 0.51–0.34 (60%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Heiskanen8:37

    xG 0.28–0.21 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Keller – Hayton12:32

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Ritchie – Smith – Kelemen6:59

    xG 0.15–0.03 (85%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – O'Brien – Fischer10:23

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Crouse – McBain – Maccelli9:57

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – Välimäki12:59

    xG 0.76–0.11 (87%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Soderstrom – Mackey10:51

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Välimäki – Moser2:40

    xG 0.06–0.01 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

ARI 2.1 xGDAL 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #647 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 88% of the time.

ARI winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).