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Sat, Apr 6, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 0, Phoenix Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 68% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0501009024
PHX1731803428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:46PHXMikkel BoedkerGWGAssists: Martin Hanzal, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:06PHXMartin HanzalPPAssists: Shane Doan, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:04PHXBoyd GordonAssists: David Moss · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:37PHXShane DoanAssists: Radim Vrbata, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 15:59PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:44COLDavid Van Der Gulik: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:18COLMark Olver: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:57PHXShane Doan: Interference2 min
  5. P3 0:34COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 3:59PHXKeith Yandle: Interference2 min
  7. P3 16:40COLJohn Mitchell: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 18:00PHXMikkel Boedker: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Mitchell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHX
24Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
44Hits28
10Blocked shots12
4Giveaways5
6Takeaways10

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestBordeleau – McGinn – Malone2:01

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Van Der Gulik – Palushaj – Olver4:01

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – McLeod – Landeskog10:29

    xG 0.14–0.31 (32%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Bordeleau – Malone – O'Reilly4:20

    xG 0.07–0.34 (16%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Elliott3:29

    xG 0.20–0.12 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Elliott2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Elliott6:47

    xG 0.02–0.15 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Vrbata – Hanzal11:35

    xG 1.00–0.45 (69%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  2. Moss – Gordon – Klinkhammer9:33

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  3. Bissonnette – Chipchura – Brown8:11

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Conner – Boedker9:11

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Klesla15:03

    xG 1.09–0.24 (82%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Ekman-Larsson13:32

    xG 0.67–0.10 (87%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  3. Yandle – Schlemko14:56

    xG 0.48–0.67 (42%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGCOL 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #704 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 68% of the time.

PHX winsCOL wins

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

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

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