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Tue, Dec 10, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

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

COL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0931105325
COL01117012130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:31PHXAntoine VermettePPAssists: Keith Yandle, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:06PHXJordan SzwarzGWGAssists: Jeff Halpern, Paul Bissonnette · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:28COLPatrick BordeleauAssists: Cody McLeod, Cory Sarich · Deflected, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:33PHXAntoine VermetteAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 3:19PHXMichael Stone: Interference2 min
  2. P2 7:49COLNick Holden: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 0:39PHXAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 9:08COLMatt Duchene: Hooking2 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 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← PHX attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCOL
25Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won19
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits24
7Blocked shots14
2Giveaways6
11Takeaways6

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 – Bissonnette – Szwarz2:43

    xG 0.50–0.09 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Moss – Klinkhammer9:32

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Hanzal – Kennedy11:11

    xG 0.24–0.30 (45%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Chipchura – Boedker12:01

    xG 0.26–0.41 (38%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Murphy20:56

    xG 0.86–0.60 (59%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Stone10:33

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson15:29

    xG 0.61–0.43 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon11:21

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene2:45

    xG 0.10–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Mitchell – Stastny2:33

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche4:02

    xG 0.04–0.01 (80%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Holden3:01

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Benoit – Barrie3:49

    xG 0.12–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Johnson3:11

    xG 0.04–0.03 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

COL 1.9 xGPHX 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #979 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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.

COL winsPHX wins

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

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