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Tue, Jan 24, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Ottawa Senators 2, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

PHX winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT09113112234
PHX1911017326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:53PHXGilbert BruleAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:08PHXShane DoanAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:39OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Nick Foligno, Chris Phillips · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:30PHXRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Ray Whitney, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:44OTTChris NeilAssists: Erik Condra, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:59PHXRaffi Torres: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 0:04OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 0:04PHXKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:00OTTSergei Gonchar: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:58OTTZenon Konopka: Interference2 min
  6. P2 12:21PHXMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:33PHXShane Doan: Interference2 min
  8. P3 11:26OTTNick Foligno: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 0:00PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00PHXRostislav Klesla: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 0:00OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHX
34Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.9
61Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
26Hits21
14Blocked shots13
3Giveaways8
4Takeaways10

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Foligno – Turris9:42

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Konopka – Daugavins – Condra2:18

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Condra – Smith2:26

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Butler8:31

    xG 0.72–0.63 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Carkner7:54

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson13:46

    xG 0.78–0.75 (51%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

  3. Gonchar – Phillips2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Gordon – Korpikoski12:43

    xG 0.78–0.66 (54%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal14:30

    xG 0.68–0.66 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Torres – Chipchura6:29

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Langkow – Brule – Boedker7:55

    xG 0.10–0.30 (26%)attempts 2–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Summers10:29

    xG 0.77–0.24 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  2. Aucoin – Yandle18:45

    xG 0.57–0.70 (45%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0

  3. Klesla – Ekman-Larsson14:09

    xG 0.16–1.05 (13%)attempts 5–25goals 0–1

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 2.9 xGOTT 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #760 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 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 56% of the time.

PHX winsOTT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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