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Wed, Nov 2, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

COL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX1911029428
COL011117012140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:53PHXTaylor PyattAssists: Derek Morris, Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:57PHXRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Martin Hanzal, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:23COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Daniel Winnik, Ryan O'Byrne · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:24PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: David Schlemko, Rostislav Klesla · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:27PHXRadim VrbataENAssists: Ray Whitney, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.73 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:42PHXBoyd Gordon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 2:48PHXDaymond Langkow: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 8:18COLKyle Quincey: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:17PHXShane Doan: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:32PHXRadim Vrbata: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Langkow won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCOL
28Shots on goal40
2.9Expected goals3.6
47Shot attempts75
36Faceoffs won30
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
16Hits17
20Blocked shots14
2Giveaways7
8Takeaways11

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. bestLangkow – Doan – Korpikoski12:47

    xG 0.78–0.53 (59%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Torres – O'Sullivan – Miele6:26

    xG 0.12–0.40 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:32

    xG 0.60–1.20 (33%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

  4. Pyatt – Gordon – Boedker14:00

    xG 0.28–1.06 (21%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Ekman-Larsson16:02

    xG 0.62–0.44 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Schlemko14:50

    xG 0.88–1.46 (38%)attempts 13–22goals 2–1

  3. Morris – Yandle13:57

    xG 0.58–1.23 (32%)attempts 12–24goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Lindstrom – Stastny6:09

    xG 0.72–0.18 (80%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  2. Winnik – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:12

    xG 1.04–0.61 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  3. Hejduk – Stastny – Galiardi6:03

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Lindstrom – Jones – Duchene5:11

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – O'Brien15:31

    xG 1.36–0.47 (74%)attempts 22–11goals 0–1

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda4:26

    xG 0.51–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Wilson8:08

    xG 0.60–0.33 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

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.

COL 3.6 xGPHX 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #812 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

COL winsPHX wins

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

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