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Mon, Feb 7, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 0, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0608012026
PHX1131617326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:07PHXRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Martin Hanzal, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:44PHXScottie UpshallAssists: Kyle Turris, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:18PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Taylor Pyatt, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 18:20COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 10:20COLKevin Shattenkirk: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:52PHXKeith Yandle: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:06PHXSami Lepisto: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:37PHXRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:30COLJohn-Michael Liles: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:30PHXMartin Hanzal: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 8:33COLRyan O'Byrne: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:17PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 17:05COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 17:05COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 17:05PHXDerek Morris: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 17:05PHXKeith Yandle: Slashing2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHX
26Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
15Penalty minutes17
32Hits25
13Blocked shots11
4Giveaways2
3Takeaways3

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Stastny – Duchene2:07

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Porter – Stastny7:05

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – Galiardi – O'Reilly6:39

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Stewart – Duchene7:56

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoote – Hunwick2:09

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Foote – Wilson11:18

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Wilson – Shattenkirk2:42

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Upshall – Turris9:33

    xG 0.43–0.22 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Upshall – Korpikoski2:34

    xG 0.07–0.07 (51%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal11:37

    xG 0.44–0.45 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Bissonnette – Korpikoski – Ebbett5:22

    xG 0.05–0.12 (29%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Lepisto15:40

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Aucoin – Yandle3:04

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Lepisto3:35

    xG 0.07–0.18 (29%)attempts 3–3goals 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 2.3 xGCOL 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1139 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 55% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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