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Tue, Feb 28, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 1, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

PHX winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN11208015050140
PHX012012111002235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Sami Salo, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:43PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Keith Yandle, Adrian Aucoin · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Ray Whitney scored
  2. 2. VAN Alexander Edler stopped
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. VAN Mason Raymond stopped
  5. 5. PHX Mikkel Boedker scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:08VANKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:55PHXRadim Vrbata: Holding2 min
  3. P1 12:08VANMaxim Lapierre: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:46PHXMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:18VANJannik Hansen: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:18PHXAdrian Aucoin: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:03VANChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:18PHXMartin Hanzal: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:04VANZack Kassian: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHX
40Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits48
12Blocked shots11
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPahlsson – Higgins – Hansen7:32

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows9:44

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Kesler – Raymond – Kassian5:10

    xG 0.02–0.14 (12%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Booth – Raymond6:25

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev5:44

    xG 0.32–0.08 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa8:46

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Rome7:19

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:25

    xG 0.60–0.21 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Langkow – Torres – Bissonnette4:18

    xG 0.11–0.07 (63%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Langkow – Doan – Torres2:44

    xG 0.09–0.08 (51%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Vermette – Boedker8:39

    xG 0.39–0.47 (45%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Yandle16:22

    xG 0.90–0.41 (69%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Summers – Stone10:49

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson14:57

    xG 0.35–0.93 (27%)attempts 10–17goals 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 2.6 xGVAN 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #591 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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