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Sat, Dec 27, 2014·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Anaheim Ducks 1, Arizona Coyotes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1909017010136
ARI1901008021229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:16ANARene BourqueAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Devante Smith-Pelly · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:29ARIZbynek MichalekAssists: Martin Erat, Sam Gagner · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Mikkel Boedker stopped
  2. 2. ANA Dany Heatley stopped
  3. 3. ARI Sam Gagner stopped
  4. 4. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  5. 5. ARI Antoine Vermette stopped
  6. 6. ANA Ryan Kesler stopped
  7. 7. ARI Shane Doan scored
  8. 8. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 13:42ARIAntoine Vermette: Interference2 min
  2. P2 6:37ANANate Thompson: Boarding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chipchura won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAARI
36Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals1.9
67Shot attempts58
23Faceoffs won38
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
40Hits44
22Blocked shots15
9Giveaways3
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Heatley – Thompson – Cogliano10:28

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Getzlaf – Bourque – Smith-Pelly11:04

    xG 0.45–0.45 (50%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Beleskey – Etem13:53

    xG 0.46–0.49 (48%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Silfverberg – Rakell11:46

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm19:25

    xG 0.62–0.42 (59%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler16:06

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  3. Stoner – Vatanen17:34

    xG 0.53–0.75 (41%)attempts 16–23goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKorpikoski – Vitale – McMillan9:00

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Moss – Chipchura – Rieder10:29

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Vermette – Boedker13:55

    xG 0.39–0.55 (41%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Hanzal – Gagner13:59

    xG 0.25–0.51 (33%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy3:42

    xG 0.36–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Stone22:16

    xG 0.91–0.84 (52%)attempts 17–29goals 0–0

  3. Gormley – Murphy14:21

    xG 0.20–0.20 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

ARI 1.9 xGANA 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #970 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (ARI − ANA), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).