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Thu, Dec 12, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

New York Islanders 3, Phoenix Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 60% of the time.

PHX winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1621107324
PHX11741119637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:06NYIEric BoultonAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Brian Strait · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:34PHXKeith YandlePPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:34PHXRob KlinkhammerAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:31PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Antoine Vermette, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:15PHXMike RibeiroGWGAssists: Rob Klinkhammer · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P2 11:42NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Thomas Vanek, Aaron Ness · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P2 13:05NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Brian Strait, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–4
  8. P2 18:59PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 14:13PHXRob KlinkhammerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:26NYIBrian Strait: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:25NYIThomas Vanek: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:18PHXMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:27NYIMichael Grabner: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:27PHXMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  6. P3 3:43PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 9:58NYIThomas Hickey: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 11:20PHXMichael Stone: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 18:38NYIMatt Martin: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 18:38NYIMatt Martin: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 18:38PHXKeith Yandle: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 18:38NYIKyle Okposo: Misconduct10 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIPHX
24Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals2.6
56Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
22Penalty minutes10
27Hits16
21Blocked shots16
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways4

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Clutterbuck – Tavares2:47

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares8:45

    xG 0.36–0.14 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner4:16

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  4. Nielsen – Clutterbuck – Grabner6:55

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan10:53

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Strait – Hamonic2:03

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – de Haan4:07

    xG 0.15–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Kennedy12:20

    xG 0.59–0.27 (68%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Ribeiro – Moss – Klinkhammer8:26

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 13–8goals 3–1

  3. Halpern – Bissonnette – Szwarz5:22

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Vermette – Chipchura – Boedker12:18

    xG 0.17–0.48 (26%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Murphy18:36

    xG 0.92–0.63 (59%)attempts 21–20goals 3–1

  2. Schlemko – Stone12:02

    xG 0.26–0.31 (45%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson11:32

    xG 0.14–0.60 (19%)attempts 7–11goals 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.

PHX 2.6 xGNYI 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #187 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 60% of the time.

PHX winsNYI wins

Simulated goal difference (PHX − NYI), 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).