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Thu, Mar 21, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 2, Phoenix Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 57% of the time.

PHX winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1809115232
PHX05014115134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32VANChris TanevAssists: Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:26PHXAntoine VermettePPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:53VANJordan SchroederGWGAssists: Jannik Hansen, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 13:40VANKevin Bieksa: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 14:20PHXAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:21PHXLauri Korpikoski: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:17VANAlexander Edler: Charging5 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:17PHXMartin Hanzal: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:25PHXShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:25VANTom Sestito: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:25PHXDerek Morris: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:07VANCam Barker: Interference2 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
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schroeder won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHX
32Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts65
32Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
11Penalty minutes10
19Hits50
17Blocked shots6
5Giveaways2
8Takeaways7

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. bestLapierre – Gordon – Sestito6:53

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows8:41

    xG 0.05–0.12 (27%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Hansen – Raymond – Schroeder10:13

    xG 0.71–1.02 (41%)attempts 12–18goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler13:28

    xG 0.79–0.09 (89%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Barker – Tanev4:55

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Garrison12:20

    xG 0.21–1.17 (15%)attempts 4–23goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Vermette – Boedker12:26

    xG 0.81–0.41 (66%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Sullivan – Vrbata – Hanzal11:04

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Torres – Lombardi – Chipchura6:43

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Korpikoski – Klinkhammer4:21

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Ekman-Larsson15:31

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Stone11:06

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Stone2:32

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 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 3.1 xGVAN 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #453 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 57% of the time.

PHX winsVAN wins

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

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