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Sat, Dec 18, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Phoenix Coyotes 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX18013211033435
NYI01921219041344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:57PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Shane Doan, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:17NYIJesse JoensuuAssists: John Tavares, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:46NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Jesse Joensuu · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:03PHXWojtek WolskiAssists: Shane Doan, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:22NYIRob SchrempPPAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:32PHXMartin HanzalAssists: Radim Vrbata, Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.31 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Shane Doan scored
  2. 2. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata scored
  4. 4. NYI Rob Schremp stopped
  5. 5. PHX Kyle Turris scored
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 2:13PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:13NYITrevor Gillies: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 6:23NYIMatt Martin: Charging2 min
  4. P1 11:03NYITrevor Gillies: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 11:17PHXShane Doan: Holding2 min
  6. P1 11:30PHXDerek Morris: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 15:32PHXEd Jovanovski: Cross checking2 min
  8. P1 15:32PHXAdrian Aucoin: Boarding2 min
  9. P1 15:37NYIMatt Moulson: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 3:00NYIRadek Martinek: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 7:01PHXNolan Yonkman: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 11:27PHXTaylor Pyatt: Slashing2 min
  13. P2 16:01NYIJon Sim: Holding2 min
  14. P3 5:02PHXTaylor Pyatt: Tripping2 min · PPG
  15. P3 9:39PHXEric Belanger: Hooking2 min
  16. P3 15:16NYIJack Hillen: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 19:49NYIMichael Grabner: Delaying game2 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNYI
35Shots on goal44
4.5Expected goals5.3
85Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won37
7Power plays8
21Penalty minutes19
18Hits21
15Blocked shots29
12Giveaways15
7Takeaways11

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. bestFiddler – Bissonnette – Korpikoski2:05

    xG 0.96–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Belanger – Wolski10:41

    xG 0.77–0.54 (59%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Stempniak – Turris9:02

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal11:08

    xG 0.59–0.48 (55%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Jovanovski10:56

    xG 0.96–0.10 (91%)attempts 25–6goals 0–0

  2. Yonkman – Ekman-Larsson6:18

    xG 0.91–0.51 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Jovanovski – Morris2:02

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Sim – Schremp – Comeau7:41

    xG 0.38–0.37 (50%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares11:06

    xG 0.62–0.70 (47%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Joensuu – Grabner8:27

    xG 0.28–0.70 (29%)attempts 6–12goals 1–1

  4. Gillies – Konopka – Martin2:14

    xG 0.00–0.96 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic12:44

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Jurcina – Hillen7:49

    xG 0.16–0.63 (20%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

  3. Martinek – Wisniewski10:27

    xG 0.65–1.48 (31%)attempts 18–22goals 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.

NYI 5.3 xGPHX 4.5 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #63 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.80 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsPHX wins

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

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