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Mon, Jan 16, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 1, Phoenix Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL114014011139
PHX21121329633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:18PHXGilbert BrulePPAssists: Keith Yandle, Taylor Pyatt · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:36COLChuck KobasewAssists: Erik Johnson, Jay McClement · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:32PHXShane DoanGWGAssists: Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:54PHXShane DoanAssists: Chris Summers, Ray Whitney · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:37PHXBoyd GordonAssists: Ray Whitney, Derek Morris · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:31PHXBoyd GordonAssists: Radim Vrbata, Chris Summers · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–5
  7. P3 15:54PHXRostislav KleslaAssists: Gilbert Brule, Kyle Chipchura · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:15PHXKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:15COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:24COLPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:44COLRyan Wilson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:50COLKyle Quincey: Hooking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHX
39Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won28
0Power plays3
11Penalty minutes5
41Hits28
11Blocked shots8
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways4

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Porter – Stastny9:00

    xG 0.67–0.11 (86%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Porter – McLeod2:34

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Kobasew – Mueller – O'Reilly3:07

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – Mueller – Galiardi5:39

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Wilson17:31

    xG 0.89–0.37 (71%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda14:07

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Quincey – Elliott16:14

    xG 0.80–1.36 (37%)attempts 20–19goals 0–2

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Gordon – Korpikoski11:44

    xG 0.95–0.80 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Langkow – Doan11:39

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Chipchura – Brule – O'Reilly7:40

    xG 0.03–0.36 (9%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Pouliot – Boedker11:40

    xG 0.40–0.79 (34%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Ekman-Larsson14:47

    xG 0.93–0.56 (62%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Ekman-Larsson3:04

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Summers15:00

    xG 0.82–0.69 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 3–0

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 3.1 xGCOL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #862 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHX 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, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

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

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-1
0
+1
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+7

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