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Sat, Feb 5, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Minnesota Wild 0, Phoenix Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 65% of the time.

PHX winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0100708025
PHX016015110141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:20PHXTaylor PyattGWGAssists: Sami Lepisto, Eric Belanger · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:35MINChuck Kobasew: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:30MINCam Barker: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:36PHXMartin Hanzal: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 1:30MINAntti Miettinen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 4:23PHXTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:35PHXTaylor Pyatt: Interference2 min
  7. P3 16:51PHXSami Lepisto: Tripping2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHX
25Shots on goal41
1.9Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
30Hits29
15Blocked shots10
4Giveaways3
4Takeaways2

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestNystrom – Staubitz – Almond5:37

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Havlat – Bouchard – Brodziak9:30

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Madden – Kobasew – Clutterbuck8:22

    xG 0.13–0.12 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu10:22

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 5–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Burns14:43

    xG 1.04–0.55 (65%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Stoner16:04

    xG 0.09–0.47 (16%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Falk10:26

    xG 0.10–0.67 (13%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal12:22

    xG 0.85–0.48 (64%)attempts 22–4goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Upshall – Korpikoski3:15

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bissonnette – Korpikoski – Ebbett4:04

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Upshall – Turris6:31

    xG 0.17–0.21 (46%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle13:15

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 28–7goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson12:45

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Lepisto2:43

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 2.7 xGMIN 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1067 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 65% of the time.

PHX winsMIN wins

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

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