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Mon, Feb 9, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Arizona Coyotes 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

CHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI0911019012329
CHI013111110041238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:44CHIMarian HossaAssists: Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:23ARIShane DoanPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:59ARIAntoine VermetteAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:18CHIMarian HossaAssists: Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Lucas Lessio scored
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. ARI Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  5. 5. ARI Antoine Vermette scored
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:17ARIMichael Stone: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 8:34ARIMichael Stone: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 16:50CHIPatrick Kane: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:45CHIJohnny Oduya: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 4:37ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Slashing2 min
  6. OT 1:54ARIMartin Erat: Holding2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackCHI 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.

ARICHI
29Shots on goal38
3.0Expected goals2.9
58Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won43
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits15
18Blocked shots19
4Giveaways8
0Takeaways10

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Chipchura – Korpikoski11:57

    xG 0.84–0.30 (73%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Rieder13:48

    xG 0.91–0.75 (55%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  3. McMillan – Shinnimin – Lessio8:56

    xG 0.22–0.10 (70%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Bolduc – Gagner10:17

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Stone16:38

    xG 0.91–0.59 (61%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Murphy15:37

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson15:41

    xG 0.38–1.03 (27%)attempts 14–19goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Saad13:49

    xG 0.95–0.49 (66%)attempts 17–15goals 2–0

  2. Kane – Smith – Kruger2:39

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Shaw – Teravainen10:35

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Carcillo – Smith – Kruger6:34

    xG 0.15–0.19 (43%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Hjalmarsson2:23

    xG 0.32–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson11:18

    xG 0.74–0.45 (62%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Rundblad7:31

    xG 0.15–0.06 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

CHI 2.9 xGARI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #346 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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.

CHI winsARI wins

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

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