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Thu, Dec 16, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Phoenix Coyotes 3, New York Rangers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 66% of the time.

NYR winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX210110013000333
NYR110110111051436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:27PHXTaylor PyattPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:53PHXAdrian AucoinAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:07NYRDan GirardiPPAssists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:43PHXMartin HanzalPPAssists: Shane Doan, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:54NYRBrandon PrustSHAssists: Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:17NYRDerek StepanAssists: Chris Drury, Sean Avery · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Erik Christensen scored
  2. 2. PHX Lee Stempniak stopped
  3. 3. NYR Derek Stepan stopped
  4. 4. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. NYR Artem Anisimov stopped
  6. 6. PHX Eric Belanger stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:06NYRBrian Boyle: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:47PHXSami Lepisto: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:41PHXSami Lepisto: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 15:55PHXMartin Hanzal: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:18PHXSami Lepisto: Holding2 min
  6. P2 9:02NYRBrian Boyle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:13PHXAdrian Aucoin: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 17:58NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 9:14NYRMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNYR
33Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals4.0
59Shot attempts57
37Faceoffs won35
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits21
9Blocked shots17
4Giveaways10
7Takeaways7

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 – Vrbata – Hanzal11:52

    xG 0.69–0.32 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Stempniak – Turris11:00

    xG 0.48–0.20 (70%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Bissonnette – Korpikoski3:25

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Doan – Belanger – Upshall11:03

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle20:07

    xG 1.18–1.06 (53%)attempts 29–15goals 0–1

  2. Yonkman – Lepisto4:50

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Jovanovski – Yonkman2:15

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Dubinsky – Anisimov4:06

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Fedotenko – Gaborik – Stepan4:33

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Frolov – Boyle – Prust7:41

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Drury – Dubinsky – Anisimov5:38

    xG 0.06–0.17 (25%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Del Zotto14:24

    xG 1.13–0.65 (63%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Eminger – Sauer9:41

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

  3. Rozsival – Eminger2:00

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

NYR 4.0 xGPHX 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #227 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 66% of the time.

NYR winsPHX wins

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

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