Skip to content
Ice Lab

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

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX11213111326
MIN05010114129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:13PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Shane Doan, Derek Morris · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:42PHXRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Tim Kennedy, David Schlemko · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 10:02MINDany HeatleyAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Kyle Brodziak · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:37PHXRadim VrbataENAssists: Martin Hanzal, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:58MINTorrey Mitchell: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:42PHXKeith Yandle: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:42MINMatt Cooke: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:21PHXMike Ribeiro: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 17:23PHXJeff Halpern: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:15MINKyle Brodziak: Interference2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← PHX attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXMIN
26Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals2.6
36Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
9Hits12
14Blocked shots6
4Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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. bestHalpern – Chipchura – Brown7:47

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Kennedy12:51

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Doan – Ribeiro – Moss11:02

    xG 0.04–0.28 (13%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

  4. Vermette – Klinkhammer – Boedker10:28

    xG 0.25–0.94 (21%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Morris – Schlemko16:58

    xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 6–17goals 2–0

  2. Yandle – Murphy12:50

    xG 0.21–0.83 (20%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson19:26

    xG 0.20–1.26 (14%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Brodziak – Niederreiter4:38

    xG 0.68–0.20 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Pominville – Coyle7:29

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Coyle6:12

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Pominville – Niederreiter3:09

    xG 0.23–0.04 (84%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Spurgeon11:13

    xG 0.65–0.19 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon3:55

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Ballard – Suter7:29

    xG 0.52–0.20 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

MIN 2.6 xGPHX 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #985 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsPHX wins

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

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

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