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Sat, Apr 9, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Phoenix Coyotes 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 72% of the time.

SJS winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX09014113136
SJS012213112337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:11SJSIan WhiteAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Kyle Wellwood · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:37SJSJoe PavelskiPPGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:36PHXLauri KorpikoskiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:29SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Dany Heatley, Kyle Wellwood · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:31SJSJamal Mayers: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 12:46PHXMichal Rozsival: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 14:12SJSJoe Thornton: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 0:00SJSJoe Thornton: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 0:00PHXMartin Hanzal: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 11:32SJSIan White: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 17:59PHXMartin Hanzal: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:44SJSNiclas Wallin: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 15:56PHXKyle Turris: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 15:56SJSPatrick Marleau: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 17:00PHXEd Jovanovski: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXSJS
36Shots on goal37
3.1Expected goals4.6
69Shot attempts80
33Faceoffs won38
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
20Hits23
31Blocked shots20
13Giveaways18
7Takeaways11

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. bestVrbata – Korpikoski – Hanzal11:18

    xG 0.73–0.14 (84%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Doan – Belanger12:21

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Bissonnette – Ebbett – Turris4:52

    xG 0.15–0.25 (38%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak8:14

    xG 0.37–1.04 (26%)attempts 8–23goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Klesla6:50

    xG 0.43–0.12 (79%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Klesla4:47

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Yandle3:48

    xG 0.18–0.16 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Pavelski – Mitchell9:35

    xG 0.56–0.25 (69%)attempts 21–14goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Setoguchi11:16

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Nichol – Eager4:50

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Ferriero – Couture8:17

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers12:35

    xG 1.16–0.64 (64%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. Wallin – White15:51

    xG 0.57–0.68 (46%)attempts 18–21goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Murray13:49

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 18–22goals 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.

SJS 4.6 xGPHX 3.1 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 18/100 · #971 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 72% of the time.

SJS winsPHX wins

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

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