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Fri, Apr 1, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 4, Phoenix Coyotes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 79% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL1111611021420
PHX07113216020338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:36COLPhilippe DupuisAssists: Jay McClement, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:16COLJay McClementAssists: Daniel Winnik, Cody McLeod · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:29PHXLee StempniakUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:46PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Eric Belanger, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:23PHXShane DoanPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Keith Yandle · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:29COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Kevin Porter, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Kyle Turris stopped
  2. 2. COL Milan Hejduk stopped
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. COL Ryan O'Reilly scored
  5. 5. PHX Ray Whitney stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:35PHXRostislav Klesla: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:59COLMatt Duchene: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:20PHXRyan Hollweg: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 5:01PHXShane Doan: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:28COLCody McLeod: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 12:56COLJonas Holos: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:11COLMatt Duchene: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:56PHXMichal Rozsival: Interference2 min
  9. P3 11:49COLJay McClement: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 18:39COLPaul Stastny: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHX
20Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals3.8
40Shot attempts76
27Faceoffs won35
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
28Hits26
14Blocked shots8
3Giveaways9
4Takeaways13

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 – Porter – Duchene6:58

    xG 0.27–0.09 (75%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Winnik – Stastny6:16

    xG 0.06–0.14 (29%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Dupuis – Yip – McLeod2:27

    xG 0.00–0.38 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hunwick – Johnson13:47

    xG 0.28–0.39 (41%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne9:51

    xG 0.30–0.44 (40%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

  3. O'Byrne – Holos3:20

    xG 0.05–0.19 (19%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Stempniak – Ebbett5:20

    xG 0.79–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Doan – Belanger12:02

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 16–8goals 1–2

  3. Vrbata – Turris – Boedker7:39

    xG 0.15–0.09 (61%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Ebbett – Boedker2:17

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Klesla14:03

    xG 0.92–0.16 (85%)attempts 25–5goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle11:54

    xG 0.82–0.51 (62%)attempts 12–10goals 2–1

  3. Rozsival – Schlemko11:22

    xG 0.25–0.56 (31%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

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 3.8 xGCOL 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #56 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.61 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 79% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).