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Wed, Dec 14, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 76% of the time.

ANA winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX071706120
ANA1132718428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:48ANARod PelleyAssists: Maxime Macenauer, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:07ANANiklas HagmanPPGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:31PHXMartin HanzalPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:56ANANiklas HagmanAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:30ANAKyle PalmieriAssists: Bobby Ryan, Francois Beauchemin · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:58PHXAdrian Aucoin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:00PHXShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:34PHXAdrian Aucoin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:34ANALuca Sbisa: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:10ANAKyle Palmieri: Holding2 min
  6. P3 1:26PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  7. P3 13:38ANABrandon McMillan: 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Macenauer
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXANA
20Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits19
13Blocked shots19
10Giveaways7
6Takeaways4

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 – Boedker12:03

    xG 0.30–0.08 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Bissonnette – Chipchura8:24

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:48

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Pyatt – Gordon – Korpikoski8:17

    xG 0.12–0.37 (24%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle16:21

    xG 0.54–0.25 (69%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Schlemko12:33

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Yandle2:03

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHagman – Getzlaf – Perry11:23

    xG 0.78–0.15 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Gordon – Pelley – Macenauer9:14

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Ryan – Cogliano10:59

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Beleskey – McMillan – Palmieri7:26

    xG 0.02–0.35 (5%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky16:27

    xG 0.74–0.25 (75%)attempts 19–14goals 2–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler3:57

    xG 0.16–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Sbisa11:27

    xG 0.22–0.31 (42%)attempts 3–13goals 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.

ANA 3.5 xGPHX 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #859 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 76% of the time.

ANA winsPHX wins

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

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