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Mon, Jan 4, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 3, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI01021217329
VAN012115110237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:55ARIShane DoanAssists: Connor Murphy, Brad Richardson · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:41VANBo HorvatPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:00ARILaurent DauphinAssists: Tobias Rieder, Louis Domingue · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:13ARIShane DoanPPGWGAssists: Tobias Rieder, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:41VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:51VANDerek Dorsett: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:24ARIMax Domi: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:35ARILaurent Dauphin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:00VANBo Horvat: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
29Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals2.5
46Shot attempts63
36Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits13
16Blocked shots9
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways2

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. bestVermette – Boedker – Domi11:54

    xG 0.48–0.20 (71%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Richardson – Martinook14:44

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Rieder – Duclair – Dauphin8:09

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  4. Gordon – Chipchura – Tikhonov9:57

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy19:16

    xG 1.08–0.57 (65%)attempts 17–18goals 2–1

  2. Elliott – Dahlbeck11:38

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Grossmann – Stone16:51

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDorsett – Kenins – McCann10:28

    xG 0.56–0.05 (92%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen10:59

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Burrows – Cracknell – Vey8:31

    xG 0.16–0.42 (28%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Higgins – Horvat11:46

    xG 0.19–0.57 (25%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Bartkowski17:47

    xG 0.40–0.19 (67%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev15:48

    xG 0.47–0.64 (42%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Weber – Hutton15:41

    xG 0.47–0.70 (40%)attempts 14–14goals 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.

VAN 2.5 xGARI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #625 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 51% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

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

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