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Thu, Dec 8, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Phoenix Coyotes 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX01219111232
DET51208012532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:16DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:09DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:46DETTomas HolmstromPPGWGAssists: Ian White, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.44 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:29DETDarren HelmAssists: Chris Conner, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–4
  5. P1 19:17DETJiri HudlerAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–5
  6. P2 15:15PHXRadim VrbataAssists: Keith Yandle, Derek Morris · Slap, 0.02 xG1–5
  7. P3 11:32PHXMartin HanzalPPAssists: Shane Doan, Ray Whitney · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:53PHXTaylor Pyatt: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:59PHXDerek Morris: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:20DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:30DETDaniel Cleary: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 18:25PHXDaymond Langkow: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 2:00DETDaniel Cleary: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 6:30PHXKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:24DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 12:46DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  10. P3 15:32PHXDavid Schlemko: High sticking2 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXDET
32Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.3
56Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won30
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits17
9Blocked shots11
6Giveaways5
4Takeaways6

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. bestPyatt – Gordon – Korpikoski8:53

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Boedker4:24

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Langkow – Torres – Chipchura2:44

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Doan – Turris4:54

    xG 0.14–0.06 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Rozsival – Schlemko8:50

    xG 0.38–0.36 (51%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson9:23

    xG 0.40–0.40 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  3. Aucoin – Yandle2:06

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Filppula – Hudler8:50

    xG 0.46–0.19 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  2. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen7:26

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Helm – Conner6:56

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader5:21

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson11:46

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  2. Lidstrom – White11:35

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Kindl14:00

    xG 0.71–0.62 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 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.

DET 3.3 xGPHX 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #466 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsPHX wins

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

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