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Thu, Mar 8, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Minnesota Wild 3, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

PHX winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN290607023324
PHX01601628012241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:06MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Darroll Powe · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:04MINSteven KampferAssists: Matt Cullen, Devin Setoguchi · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:40PHXRaffi TorresAssists: Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:45PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Antoine Vermette, Adrian Aucoin · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Ray Whitney scored
  2. 2. MIN Erik Christensen scored
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. MIN Matt Cullen stopped
  5. 5. PHX Mikkel Boedker stopped
  6. 6. MIN Kyle Brodziak stopped
  7. 7. PHX Shane Doan scored
  8. 8. MIN Devin Setoguchi scored
  9. 9. PHX Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
  10. 10. MIN Dany Heatley scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:53PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:53MINMatt Kassian: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 18:08MINNate Prosser: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:47MINNate Prosser: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:04MINDarroll Powe: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 9:30PHXAntoine Vermette: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 17:07MINDevin Setoguchi: High sticking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHX
24Shots on goal41
2.5Expected goals2.6
44Shot attempts86
24Faceoffs won32
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
24Hits42
30Blocked shots9
0Giveaways7
4Takeaways6

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodziak – Johnson – Powe12:18

    xG 0.77–0.35 (69%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  2. Cullen – Heatley – Setoguchi13:21

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

  3. Veilleux – Christensen – Kassian5:00

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Peters – Ortmeyer – Palmieri9:52

    xG 0.12–0.51 (19%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Kampfer18:01

    xG 1.22–0.45 (73%)attempts 17–25goals 1–0

  2. Foster – Scandella4:35

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Kampfer2:32

    xG 0.04–0.04 (53%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Langkow – Vrbata2:29

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Vrbata – Gordon3:12

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Torres – Vermette2:04

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Korpikoski – Boedker3:15

    xG 0.15–0.03 (84%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Rundblad11:59

    xG 0.87–0.33 (73%)attempts 21–5goals 1–0

  2. Aucoin – Yandle16:54

    xG 0.85–0.83 (51%)attempts 25–13goals 1–1

  3. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson2:01

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 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 xGMIN 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #315 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 51% of the time.

PHX winsMIN wins

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

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