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Thu, Oct 27, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

New Jersey Devils 3, Phoenix Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 67% of the time.

PHX winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD110111113334
PHX11921528542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:18PHXPatrick O'SullivanAssists: Daymond Langkow, David Schlemko · Tip-in, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:15NJDZach PariseUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:28NJDMark FayneAssists: Mattias Tedenby · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:24PHXRay WhitneyPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:11PHXRaffi TorresAssists: Shane Doan, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:16PHXMartin HanzalGWGAssists: Ray Whitney, David Schlemko · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:26PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Martin Hanzal, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:53NJDNick PalmieriAssists: Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:47NJDMark Fayne: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:46NJDPetr Sykora: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:08PHXRaffi Torres: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 11:10NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:18NJDDavid Clarkson: Interference2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Parise
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHX
34Shots on goal42
2.4Expected goals3.4
57Shot attempts68
23Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
29Hits31
14Blocked shots12
2Giveaways5
2Takeaways7

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Tedenby – Henrique11:32

    xG 0.47–0.18 (73%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus9:52

    xG 0.35–0.33 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Parise – Palmieri11:17

    xG 0.58–0.68 (46%)attempts 9–17goals 1–2

  4. Janssen – Carter – Mills6:31

    xG 0.23–0.44 (34%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Larsson18:27

    xG 1.05–0.92 (53%)attempts 18–17goals 1–2

  2. Fayne – Greene13:27

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  3. Salvador – Volchenkov14:36

    xG 0.47–0.79 (38%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestLangkow – Pyatt – O'Sullivan4:27

    xG 0.55–0.19 (75%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal9:08

    xG 0.78–0.56 (58%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  3. Torres – Gordon – Korpikoski11:42

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – O'Sullivan – Miele2:12

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Schlemko17:48

    xG 0.90–0.73 (55%)attempts 19–18goals 2–1

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson14:39

    xG 0.58–0.50 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  3. Morris – Yandle15:14

    xG 0.55–0.67 (45%)attempts 13–15goals 0–2

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 3.4 xGNJD 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #350 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 67% of the time.

PHX winsNJD wins

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

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