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Tue, Feb 1, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Phoenix Coyotes 3, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 76% of the time.

SJS winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX21811206336
SJS012111415538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:11PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Shane Doan, Ray Whitney · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:55PHXKeith YandleAssists: Derek Morris · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:13PHXPaul BissonnetteAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:52SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Dany Heatley, Dan Boyle · Backhand, 0.33 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:24SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Ryane Clowe · Slap, 0.40 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:32SJSKyle WellwoodAssists: Ben Eager, Jason Demers · Slap, 0.40 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:55SJSPatrick MarleauSHGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:49SJSJoe ThorntonENAssists: Patrick Marleau, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Backhand, 0.69 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:39PHXShane Doan: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:33SJSDany Heatley: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:25SJSJamal Mayers: Misconduct10 min
  4. P2 19:03PHXEric Belanger: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:03SJSBenn Ferriero: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:55PHXSami Lepisto: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 12:35SJSBen Eager: 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 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXSJS
36Shots on goal38
3.2Expected goals5.1
67Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes16
18Hits13
13Blocked shots14
13Giveaways12
9Takeaways9

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 – Pyatt – Stempniak12:42

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Upshall – Turris11:44

    xG 0.61–0.52 (54%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Bissonnette – Korpikoski – Ebbett6:39

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:01

    xG 0.60–0.96 (38%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Jovanovski13:10

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Lepisto2:11

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Morris – Ekman-Larsson2:07

    xG 0.04–0.03 (50%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Eager – Ferriero2:47

    xG 0.91–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Clowe – Pavelski – Setoguchi4:19

    xG 0.65–0.09 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Heatley3:33

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Marleau – Setoguchi6:48

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWallin – Demers9:14

    xG 1.33–0.24 (85%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Murray15:08

    xG 0.74–0.43 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Joslin3:00

    xG 0.49–0.34 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

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.

SJS 5.1 xGPHX 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #93 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 76% of the time.

SJS winsPHX wins

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

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