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Mon, Feb 4, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Minnesota Wild 1, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 63% of the time.

PHX winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0101804122
PHX11716011234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:09PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Boyd Gordon, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:48PHXMartin HanzalGWGAssists: Radim Vrbata, Zbynek Michalek · Backhand, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:20MINZach PariseUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:34MINTorrey Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 8:49PHXSteve Sullivan: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 16:11PHXDerek Morris: Holding the stick2 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
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHX
22Shots on goal34
1.2Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
15Blocked shots17
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways5

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. Brodziak – Mitchell – Clutterbuck10:49

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Konopka – Setoguchi – Granlund11:03

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Parise12:34

    xG 0.43–0.55 (44%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  4. Cullen – Bouchard – Coyle10:43

    xG 0.11–0.26 (31%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gilbert – Suter2:05

    xG 0.01–0.02 (40%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Falk – Scandella10:25

    xG 0.29–0.35 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Stoner15:47

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 8–16goals 1–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Boedker10:35

    xG 0.81–0.32 (72%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  2. Moss – Gordon – Korpikoski11:43

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  3. Torres – Chipchura – Johnson8:39

    xG 0.17–0.09 (66%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Chipchura – Korpikoski – Johnson2:16

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Ekman-Larsson14:15

    xG 1.07–0.41 (72%)attempts 20–13goals 1–1

  2. Stone – Ekman-Larsson6:25

    xG 0.16–0.05 (76%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Stone4:57

    xG 0.02–0.09 (15%)attempts 2–5goals 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 1.8 xGMIN 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #621 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 63% 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).