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Thu, Jan 14, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Detroit Red Wings 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET050112811325
ARI012280702229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:51ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Jordan Martinook, Brad Richardson · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:50ARIShane DoanPPAssists: Tobias Rieder, Mikkel Boedker · Deflected, 0.33 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:50DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Mike Green, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:20DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:08DETDanny DeKeyserGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:36DETTomas Jurco: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 8:46ARIAntoine Vermette: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:25DETDylan Larkin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:25ARITobias Rieder: Embellishment2 min
  5. P2 14:09DETJustin Abdelkader: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:49DETPavel Datsyuk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:51ARIAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:05ARIAnthony Duclair: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETARI
25Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits19
8Blocked shots10
4Giveaways8
5Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader4:14

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Jurco – Larkin2:43

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist9:34

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Sheahan – Larkin6:52

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson12:24

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Green2:39

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Smith2:54

    xG 0.04–0.01 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Richardson – Martinook10:04

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Boedker – Rieder11:46

    xG 0.45–0.36 (55%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Gordon – Chipchura – Tikhonov8:55

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Duclair – Domi9:38

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrossmann – Stone16:03

    xG 0.64–0.41 (61%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy18:00

    xG 0.53–0.67 (44%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  3. Michalek – Dahlbeck12:43

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 9–9goals 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 2.8 xGDET 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #370 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 54% of the time.

ARI winsDET wins

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

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