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Mon, Feb 6, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Detroit Red Wings 1, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

PHX winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET06114011131
PHX161819323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:22PHXBoyd GordonSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:55PHXMartin HanzalPPGWGAssists: Ray Whitney, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:24DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:31PHXMartin HanzalENAssists: Ray Whitney, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:58DETIan White: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:36PHXMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:29DETNicklas Lidstrom: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:28DETIan White: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 6:16DETPavel Datsyuk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:04PHXMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:14PHXRostislav Klesla: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  8. P3 14:03PHXShane Doan: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHX
31Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals2.5
56Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won21
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits26
19Blocked shots11
4Giveaways4
13Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen4:48

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Filppula – Hudler6:39

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen6:13

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Abdelkader – Emmerton6:04

    xG 0.12–0.13 (46%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson15:03

    xG 0.69–0.26 (73%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Lidstrom – White16:47

    xG 0.62–0.52 (55%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

  3. Commodore – Kindl8:22

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Chipchura – Brule7:29

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal11:10

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Langkow – Torres – Boedker7:28

    xG 0.02–0.13 (11%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Gordon – Korpikoski12:19

    xG 0.40–0.79 (34%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Rozsival11:12

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Yandle14:13

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Klesla – Ekman-Larsson14:24

    xG 0.26–0.60 (30%)attempts 12–14goals 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.

PHX 2.5 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #985 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 60% of the time.

PHX winsDET wins

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

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