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Wed, Apr 24, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 1, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 73% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS011110013134
PHX21601105232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:56PHXMichael StoneAssists: Radim Vrbata, Shane Doan · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:52PHXKeith YandlePPGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Shane Doan · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:31SJSBrent BurnsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:22SJSMatt Tennyson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:50SJSAdam Burish: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:02PHXMartin Hanzal: Boarding2 min
  4. P3 1:20SJSJoe Thornton: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 5:23PHXMikkel Boedker: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:42SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHX
34Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals3.2
66Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits20
14Blocked shots20
3Giveaways3
3Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Havlat – Couture11:50

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Burish – Desjardins – Sheppard7:08

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Torres – Pavelski – Wingels11:12

    xG 0.41–0.49 (45%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Tennyson4:50

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Stuart6:24

    xG 0.14–0.01 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Irwin4:36

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Gordon – Conner11:33

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Bissonnette – Bolduc – Chipchura5:00

    xG 0.08–0.15 (36%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Vrbata – Hanzal10:58

    xG 0.38–0.47 (45%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  4. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker11:17

    xG 0.36–0.57 (39%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Schlemko11:49

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson14:20

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Klesla – Stone15:45

    xG 0.74–0.85 (47%)attempts 17–26goals 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 3.2 xGSJS 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #582 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 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 73% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

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

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