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Fri, Mar 18, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0601439329
VAN012016119147

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 13:31PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Eric Belanger, Shane Doan · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:49PHXShane DoanPPGWGAssists: Radim Vrbata, David Schlemko · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:02VANChristian EhrhoffAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:55PHXLee StempniakENAssists: Eric Belanger · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:05VANDan Hamhuis: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 2:44PHXTaylor Pyatt: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 9:14VANRoberto Luongo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 11:45PHXJason LaBarbera: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 14:22VANKeith Ballard: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:11PHXAdrian Aucoin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:15PHXDerek Morris: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 0:15VANMaxim Lapierre: Diving2 min
  9. P3 4:16PHXAdrian Aucoin: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 5:06PHXRostislav Klesla: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 6:52VANMikael Samuelsson: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 11:09VANAlexandre Burrows: Boarding5 min · PPG
  13. P3 11:09VANAlexandre Burrows: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXVAN
29Shots on goal47
2.5Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won31
7Power plays5
12Penalty minutes25
10Hits10
16Blocked shots14
2Giveaways9
13Takeaways8

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. Doan – Belanger – Korpikoski8:31

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak11:37

    xG 0.22–0.41 (35%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Ebbett3:12

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. MacLean – Turris – Boedker6:03

    xG 0.31–0.70 (31%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Rozsival – Schlemko6:25

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle13:40

    xG 0.55–1.05 (34%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Klesla11:36

    xG 0.03–0.64 (5%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows7:31

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Samuelsson – Sedin – Sedin2:53

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  3. Samuelsson – Higgins – Kesler8:00

    xG 0.42–0.24 (63%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Tambellini – Oreskovich – Raymond5:26

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBallard – Tanev7:15

    xG 0.88–0.15 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Ehrhoff11:25

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Hamhuis2:30

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

VAN 3.8 xGPHX 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #926 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

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

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