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Sat, Feb 27, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes 2, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11201217231
PHI3150919433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:30PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Nick Cousins, Mark Streit · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:31ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Max Domi, Shane Doan · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:41PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Mark Streit, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:21PHISam GagnerGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Mark Streit · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:33ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:15PHIPierre-Edouard BellemareAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:02ARINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:40ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:53PHIMark Streit: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:01ARIAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:34PHIBrandon Manning: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:19ARIKevin Connauton: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:19PHIScott Laughton: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:21PHIChris VandeVelde: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 15:16ARIMichael Stone: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 4:09PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Hooking2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIPHI
31Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals2.3
73Shot attempts54
36Faceoffs won22
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
24Hits23
12Blocked shots32
4Giveaways17
10Takeaways4

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. bestDoan – Richardson – Domi10:36

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  2. Chipchura – Tikhonov – Gaudet5:15

    xG 0.27–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair9:51

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  4. Vermette – Boedker – Martinook11:52

    xG 0.52–0.87 (37%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson14:36

    xG 0.66–0.14 (83%)attempts 25–9goals 1–1

  2. Michalek – Connauton10:03

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Grossmann – Murphy13:15

    xG 0.43–1.07 (29%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Couturier – Raffl12:31

    xG 0.91–0.43 (68%)attempts 15–20goals 0–1

  2. Read – Cousins – Laughton8:10

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Simmonds – Schenn11:03

    xG 0.31–0.59 (34%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:14

    xG 0.14–0.44 (24%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere15:55

    xG 0.74–0.23 (76%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz14:11

    xG 0.71–0.72 (50%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

  3. Manning – Gudas11:30

    xG 0.34–0.53 (39%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

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.

PHI 2.3 xGARI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #676 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 61% of the time.

PHI winsARI wins

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

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