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Tue, Oct 26, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Phoenix Coyotes 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

OTT winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX08111111230
OTT32005211536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:27OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Mike Fisher, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:36OTTAlex KovalevAssists: Peter Regin, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:45OTTChris KellyGWGAssists: Chris Neil · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:15PHXSami LepistoAssists: Ray Whitney, Eric Belanger · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:58PHXKeith YandleAssists: Taylor Pyatt, Lee Stempniak · Slap, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:46OTTAlex KovalevAssists: Peter Regin, Chris Campoli · Wrist, 0.51 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:44OTTDaniel AlfredssonPPAssists: Alex Kovalev, Sergei Gonchar · Tip-in, 0.34 xG2–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:15PHXShane Doan: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:13OTTJesse Winchester: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 7:05OTTChris Kelly: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:48OTTDavid Hale: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:13PHXVernon Fiddler: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:44OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:15OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:32PHXEd Jovanovski: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:49PHXAdrian Aucoin: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:02PHXLauri Korpikoski: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 18:49OTTMatt Carkner: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 19:53OTTChris Phillips: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXOTT
30Shots on goal36
2.8Expected goals5.3
68Shot attempts60
45Faceoffs won26
7Power plays5
10Penalty minutes14
18Hits9
12Blocked shots26
8Giveaways15
8Takeaways10

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. bestWhitney – Doan – Belanger11:37

    xG 0.73–0.29 (72%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  2. Upshall – Wolski – Turris8:24

    xG 0.23–0.09 (73%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Korpikoski – Ebbett4:08

    xG 0.17–0.64 (20%)attempts 1–11goals 0–1

  4. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak7:42

    xG 0.03–0.57 (6%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lepisto – Ekman-Larsson10:21

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Yandle12:28

    xG 0.70–1.03 (41%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  3. Aucoin – Jovanovski14:48

    xG 0.79–1.18 (40%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalev – Regin – Foligno10:46

    xG 1.36–0.53 (72%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  2. Alfredsson – Fisher – Michalek9:35

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Shannon – Smith – Winchester4:46

    xG 0.29–0.02 (92%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  4. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly9:37

    xG 0.37–0.90 (29%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Campoli12:17

    xG 1.58–0.21 (88%)attempts 21–6goals 2–0

  2. Hale – Karlsson11:49

    xG 0.49–0.27 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips13:19

    xG 0.48–1.14 (30%)attempts 6–20goals 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.

OTT 5.3 xGPHX 2.8 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #363 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

OTT winsPHX wins

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

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