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Wed, Dec 4, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 59% of the time.

CGY winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX11101009130
CGY1321114418

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:47PHXKeith YandleAssists: Shane Doan, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:52CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Matt Stajan, Jiri Hudler · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:48CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Jiri Hudler, Chris Butler · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:46CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: TJ Brodie, Joe Colborne · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:44CGYLee StempniakSHAssists: Matt Stajan, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.18 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:01CGYLadislav Smid: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:14PHXMartin Hanzal: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:42CGYJiri Hudler: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:48PHXMartin Hanzal: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:31CGYShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:04CGYKarri Ramo: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 4:06PHXConnor Murphy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 4:19CGYKarri Ramo: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← PHX attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Colborne won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCGY
30Shots on goal18
2.6Expected goals2.1
63Shot attempts42
31Faceoffs won18
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
12Hits14
13Blocked shots21
6Giveaways17
3Takeaways7

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. bestDoan – Vermette – Boedker10:13

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Halpern – Kennedy – Szwarz3:02

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Moss – Klinkhammer5:48

    xG 0.70–0.56 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Vrbata – Hanzal3:29

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Murphy10:19

    xG 0.88–0.58 (60%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Yandle6:39

    xG 0.30–0.20 (59%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson13:33

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Jones – Colborne – Baertschi8:47

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Jones – Backlund8:29

    xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. McGrattan – Byron – Bouma6:11

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Stajan – Stempniak11:25

    xG 0.24–0.54 (31%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Brodie17:02

    xG 0.68–0.42 (62%)attempts 14–14goals 2–0

  2. Giordano – Butler11:39

    xG 0.12–0.32 (28%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Butler2:09

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

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.

CGY 2.1 xGPHX 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #824 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 59% of the time.

CGY winsPHX wins

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

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