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Sun, Nov 21, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0827113328
VAN01021007227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:22PHXScottie UpshallAssists: Nolan Yonkman · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:07PHXTaylor PyattAssists: David Schlemko · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:51VANChristian EhrhoffAssists: Mason Raymond, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:13VANTanner GlassAssists: Peter Schaefer, Andrew Alberts · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:52PHXTaylor PyattGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Lee Stempniak · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:39VANJannik Hansen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:09VANAaron Rome: Holding2 min
  3. P3 0:35VANRyan Kesler: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Korpikoski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXVAN
28Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals1.6
54Shot attempts62
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
14Hits15
23Blocked shots13
6Giveaways7
5Takeaways14

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. bestBelanger – Upshall – Wolski10:44

    xG 0.99–0.34 (75%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Doan – Prucha – Korpikoski6:55

    xG 0.28–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak6:06

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 6–9goals 2–1

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal13:41

    xG 0.39–0.30 (56%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYonkman – Schlemko9:23

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  2. Jovanovski – Lepisto18:21

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Morris – Yandle18:19

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 14–21goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Sedin – Sedin15:44

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – Kesler – Raymond17:00

    xG 0.61–0.63 (49%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  3. Schaefer – Perrault – Glass4:03

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

  4. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen10:40

    xG 0.24–0.54 (31%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler17:27

    xG 0.72–0.52 (58%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa19:52

    xG 0.71–0.70 (50%)attempts 22–12goals 1–1

  3. Ehrhoff – Alberts2:21

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

VAN 1.6 xGPHX 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #416 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 71% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

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

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