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Mon, Oct 25, 2010·Centre Bell, Montreal

Phoenix Coyotes 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHX0111711100229
MTL0102801011329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:49PHXKyle TurrisAssists: Wojtek Wolski, Sami Lepisto · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:14MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:23MTLMichael CammalleriPPAssists: Roman Hamrlik, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:01PHXDerek MorrisPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:25MTLAndrei KostitsynGWGAssists: Lars Eller, Josh Gorges · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:57MTLJaroslav Spacek: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 3:32PHXRay Whitney: Interference2 min
  3. P1 4:31PHXVernon Fiddler: Holding2 min
  4. P1 7:38PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  5. P1 16:15MTLJosh Gorges: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 8:09PHXDerek Morris: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:23MTLJaroslav Spacek: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 11:18PHXRay Whitney: Holding2 min
  9. P2 19:53MTLTravis Moen: Boarding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 5:57MTLJosh Gorges: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackMTL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXMTL
29Shots on goal29
1.5Expected goals1.6
59Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won23
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
16Hits13
12Blocked shots21
0Giveaways9
2Takeaways5

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak9:03

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Fiddler – Prucha – Korpikoski2:19

    xG 0.05–0.04 (52%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Wolski – Turris12:16

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  4. Prucha – Korpikoski – Ebbett6:41

    xG 0.06–0.07 (48%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Jovanovski4:50

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle13:42

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson9:47

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Gionta – Pyatt3:48

    xG 0.20–0.09 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Lapierre – Eller2:18

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Gionta – Moen3:08

    xG 0.05–0.06 (46%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Gionta – Pouliot2:09

    xG 0.02–0.06 (25%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Gorges13:39

    xG 0.41–0.15 (74%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Hamrlik – Spacek15:39

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Picard – Subban9:52

    xG 0.03–0.46 (6%)attempts 4–12goals 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.

MTL 1.6 xGPHX 1.5 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #325 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsPHX wins

Simulated goal difference (MTL − PHX), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
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+5
+6
+7

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