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Sun, Jan 2, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Phoenix Coyotes 5, Minnesota Wild 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

MIN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHX11501041900544
MIN172921211629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:24PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Radim Vrbata, Martin Hanzal · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:55MINAndrew BrunetteAssists: Mikko Koivu, Antti Miettinen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:55MINAndrew BrunettePPAssists: Brent Burns, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:13MINNick SchultzAssists: John Madden, Eric Nystrom · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:44PHXScottie UpshallAssists: Shane Doan, Eric Belanger · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:57PHXKeith YandleAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:14MINBrent BurnsAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:13PHXEd JovanovskiAssists: Keith Yandle, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:05PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Kyle Turris, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.26 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:34MINPierre-Marc BouchardAssists: Andrew Brunette, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–5
  11. OT 0:46MINCam BarkerGWGAssists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Mikko Koivu · Slap, 0.05 xG5–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:34MINCam Barker: Holding2 min
  2. P2 8:02MINCam Barker: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 8:02PHXLauri Korpikoski: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:16PHXKeith Yandle: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:40MINCal Clutterbuck: Interference2 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXMIN
44Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.6
70Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits29
12Blocked shots12
4Giveaways2
4Takeaways6

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 – Hanzal7:19

    xG 0.86–0.15 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Belanger – Upshall10:34

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak3:56

    xG 0.27–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Turris2:50

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle18:00

    xG 1.24–0.30 (81%)attempts 26–13goals 2–1

  2. Lepisto – Schlemko7:35

    xG 0.36–0.18 (66%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Schlemko6:03

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBrunette – Miettinen – Koivu9:53

    xG 0.62–0.26 (71%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Brunette – Koivu – Kobasew3:09

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  3. Cullen – Kobasew – O'Sullivan6:52

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Madden – Nystrom – Clutterbuck9:35

    xG 0.16–0.40 (28%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Zanon – Stoner14:28

    xG 0.67–0.94 (41%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

  2. Schultz – Burns18:21

    xG 0.49–0.87 (36%)attempts 15–19goals 2–2

  3. Barker – Spurgeon14:07

    xG 0.30–0.85 (26%)attempts 13–16goals 0–2

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.

MIN 2.6 xGPHX 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #5 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.63 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 61% of the time.

MIN winsPHX wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).