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Wed, Mar 27, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Minnesota Wild 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHX010291800327
MIN1811411015437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:15MINTorrey MitchellAssists: Mike Rupp, Clayton Stoner · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:29MINMatt CullenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:13PHXRob KlinkhammerAssists: Boyd Gordon, David Moss · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:28PHXBoyd GordonAssists: Keith Yandle, David Moss · Deflected, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:52PHXMichael StoneAssists: Shane Doan, Rob Klinkhammer · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:05MINRyan SuterAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:43MINMikko KoivuGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:30PHXMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:25MINJustin Falk: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:25PHXDavid Moss: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 5:32PHXKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:32MINZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:16MINJustin Falk: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 7:36PHXShane Doan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 15:44PHXRostislav Klesla: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:54MINTom Gilbert: Tripping2 min
  10. OT 0:35PHXAntoine Vermette: Cross checking2 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 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← PHX attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXMIN
27Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.9
44Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
18Penalty minutes14
15Hits10
13Blocked shots11
4Giveaways10
2Takeaways4

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. bestMoss – Gordon – Klinkhammer10:24

    xG 0.64–0.13 (83%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Boedker9:07

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Torres – Lombardi – Chipchura3:05

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Lombardi – Chipchura – Boedker2:20

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Stone13:30

    xG 0.62–0.55 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

  2. Schlemko – Ekman-Larsson18:05

    xG 0.74–0.80 (48%)attempts 9–21goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Stone2:20

    xG 0.01–0.19 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestRupp – Konopka – Mitchell6:41

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Heatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck11:11

    xG 0.49–0.24 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Parise – Coyle15:52

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi9:50

    xG 0.65–0.79 (45%)attempts 8–12goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon2:28

    xG 0.48–0.01 (99%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Spurgeon11:21

    xG 0.95–0.73 (56%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Gilbert – Falk9:46

    xG 0.53–0.35 (60%)attempts 12–5goals 1–2

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.

MIN 3.9 xGPHX 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #50 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.51 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsPHX wins

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

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