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Fri, Feb 7, 2014·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 65% of the time.

PHX winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0701409030
PHX11011402226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09PHXKeith YandlePPGWGAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:29PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:01CHIBrandon Bollig: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:25CHIBryan Bickell: Illegal stick2 min
  3. P2 3:27PHXJeff Halpern: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 17:46CHIBrandon Saad: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:46CHIMichal Rozsival: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 10:35CHIKris Versteeg: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:07PHXShane Doan: Interference2 min
  8. P3 19:54CHIJonathan Toews: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 19:54PHXZbynek Michalek: High sticking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHX
30Shots on goal26
1.5Expected goals2.2
51Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won26
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
16Hits34
12Blocked shots14
3Giveaways4
6Takeaways11

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Bickell – Shaw – Saad3:16

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Kruger – Bollig3:58

    xG 0.02–0.03 (36%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Toews12:55

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Regin – Versteeg – Saad8:04

    xG 0.13–0.20 (39%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Hjalmarsson17:06

    xG 0.56–0.19 (75%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook15:56

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Leddy12:15

    xG 0.14–0.79 (15%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHalpern – Moss – Chipchura8:45

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker12:16

    xG 0.31–0.17 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Bissonnette – Kennedy – Klinkhammer3:42

    xG 0.05–0.06 (44%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Ribeiro – Vrbata13:17

    xG 0.22–0.59 (27%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Stone8:57

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Yandle2:02

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson14:47

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

PHX 2.2 xGCHI 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1229 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 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 65% of the time.

PHX winsCHI wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).