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Sat, Jan 7, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

New York Islanders 1, Phoenix Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

PHX winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11101308132
PHX1731117525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:41PHXShane DoanAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Daymond Langkow · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:00NYIFrans NielsenPPAssists: John Tavares, PA Parenteau · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:39PHXShane DoanGWGAssists: Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:41PHXTaylor PyattAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Marc-Antoine Pouliot · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:39PHXOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Radim Vrbata, Rostislav Klesla · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:59PHXShane DoanAssists: Ray Whitney, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Slap, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:32PHXMarc-Antoine Pouliot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:02PHXPatrick O'Sullivan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:03NYIMark Streit: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 9:17NYIPA Parenteau: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 9:17NYIPA Parenteau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHX
32Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts52
21Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
34Hits19
13Blocked shots15
1Giveaways8
7Takeaways3

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Grabner – Bailey – Martin8:10

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Rolston – Parenteau – Nielsen11:49

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  3. Pandolfo – Wallace – Niederreiter8:45

    xG 0.11–0.53 (18%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares15:00

    xG 0.32–1.09 (23%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Streit15:27

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 17–10goals 0–2

  2. Eaton – Jurcina13:28

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic17:19

    xG 0.26–0.90 (22%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestLangkow – Doan – Boedker12:10

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Chipchura13:36

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Pouliot – Korpikoski8:36

    xG 0.38–0.13 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  4. Torres – O'Sullivan – O'Reilly6:43

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle13:49

    xG 0.59–0.30 (66%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Klesla – Schlemko8:13

    xG 0.19–0.02 (90%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Yandle3:06

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

PHX 2.5 xGNYI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #874 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 54% of the time.

PHX winsNYI wins

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

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