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Mon, Feb 13, 2012·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX090717013124
VAN0411302034222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:40VANDavid BoothAssists: Ryan Kesler, Aaron Rome · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:54PHXKeith YandleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Cody Hodgson scored
  2. 2. PHX Ray Whitney scored
  3. 3. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  4. 4. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. VAN Alexander Edler scored
  6. 6. PHX Gilbert Brule scored
  7. 7. VAN Mason Raymond stopped
  8. 8. PHX Shane Doan stopped
  9. 9. VAN David Booth scored
  10. 10. PHX Mikkel Boedker scored
  11. 11. VAN Ryan Kesler scored
  12. 12. PHX Boyd Gordon stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:03PHXRaffi Torres: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:50PHXMichal Rozsival: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 13:09VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:17VANByron Bitz: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 14:11PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  6. OT 5:00PHXRostislav Klesla: Roughing2 min
  7. OT 5:00VANKevin Bieksa: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Doan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXVAN
24Shots on goal22
1.6Expected goals1.1
47Shot attempts43
23Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits28
14Blocked shots13
3Giveaways9
2Takeaways7

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 – Hanzal13:29

    xG 0.49–0.17 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Langkow – Pyatt – Boedker3:54

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Gordon – Korpikoski10:18

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Langkow – Brule – Boedker4:55

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Summers12:57

    xG 0.57–0.09 (86%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Ekman-Larsson17:40

    xG 0.50–0.11 (82%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Yandle12:33

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Booth – Hodgson3:22

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Lapierre – Duco – Hodgson6:01

    xG 0.13–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Bitz – Booth2:13

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Booth – Hansen4:21

    xG 0.01–0.09 (9%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa16:32

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Alberts – Rome10:36

    xG 0.22–0.43 (33%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  3. Salo – Edler17:45

    xG 0.11–0.60 (16%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

VAN 1.1 xGPHX 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #640 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 61% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

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

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

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