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Tue, Dec 28, 2010·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Anaheim Ducks 3, Phoenix Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 77% of the time.

PHX winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA390906324
PHX0911409132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38ANALuca SbisaAssists: Saku Koivu · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:16ANAJoffrey LupulGWGAssists: Brandon McMillan, Andreas Lilja · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:20ANACorey PerryUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:39PHXShane DoanPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:27PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:27ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:57ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 7:01PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:58ANAMatt Beleskey: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:02ANAAndy Sutton: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:28PHXShane Doan: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:15ANATodd Marchant: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 11:38ANAAndy Sutton: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:06ANATodd Marchant: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 15:08PHXMartin Hanzal: Holding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAPHX
24Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals3.3
41Shot attempts66
20Faceoffs won35
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
25Hits30
17Blocked shots5
0Giveaways6
1Takeaways0

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey6:44

    xG 0.14–0.15 (47%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Ryan – Beleskey3:22

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Marchant – Lupul – McMillan3:01

    xG 0.11–0.12 (46%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Parros – Chipchura4:55

    xG 0.07–0.09 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Fowler2:42

    xG 0.32–0.05 (86%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Sutton – Sbisa9:56

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  3. Lilja – Fowler13:15

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Stempniak – Hanzal11:22

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Doan – Upshall – Turris2:37

    xG 0.25–0.16 (62%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Belanger – Boedker3:43

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  4. Doan – Belanger – Upshall5:49

    xG 0.11–0.12 (46%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Jovanovski15:29

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Lepisto – Ekman-Larsson8:42

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  3. Morris – Yandle15:49

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 16–9goals 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.

PHX 3.3 xGANA 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #997 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% of the time.

PHX winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (PHX − ANA), 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).