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Thu, Feb 23, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Calgary Flames 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX0729112011429
CGY290817000324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:35CGYAlex TanguayUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:38CGYMatt StajanAssists: Alex Tanguay, Cory Sarich · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:32PHXDaymond LangkowAssists: Ray Whitney, Mikkel Boedker · Snap, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:08PHXShane DoanAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:27PHXRay WhitneyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:14CGYOlli JokinenPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Olli Jokinen stopped
  2. 2. PHX Ray Whitney scored
  3. 3. CGY Alex Tanguay stopped
  4. 4. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. CGY Jarome Iginla stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 9:43PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 15:07CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 4:43PHXShane Doan: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:31CGYMatt Stajan: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 16:34PHXRadim Vrbata: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCGY
29Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals2.9
58Shot attempts42
26Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
8Hits18
8Blocked shots14
9Giveaways19
7Takeaways8

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal14:40

    xG 0.64–0.41 (61%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Korpikoski9:55

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Pyatt – Gordon – Bissonnette4:50

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Langkow – Torres – Boedker9:11

    xG 0.31–0.74 (30%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Ekman-Larsson19:16

    xG 0.66–0.56 (54%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – Yandle2:12

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Summers – Stone8:36

    xG 0.30–0.60 (34%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKostopoulos – Stajan – Bouma9:18

    xG 0.74–0.49 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Kolanos – Jackman – Horak4:31

    xG 0.02–0.03 (38%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Cammalleri – Comeau11:22

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Iginla – Jokinen – Glencross12:10

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Brodie12:52

    xG 0.93–0.19 (83%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Hannan – Giordano16:16

    xG 0.83–0.68 (55%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Smith16:45

    xG 0.41–0.75 (35%)attempts 9–18goals 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.

CGY 2.9 xGPHX 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CGY's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CGY is favoured, below it PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #64 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.47 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsPHX wins

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

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

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