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Fri, Mar 11, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0917310426
CGY081809125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:21CGYMikael BacklundSHAssists: Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:01ARIBoyd GordonSHAssists: Jordan Martinook · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:15ARIAntoine VermettePPGWGAssists: Martin Hanzal, Shane Doan · Tip-in, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:18ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Shane Doan, Max Domi · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:19ARIBrad RichardsonENAssists: Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.72 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:42ARIMax Domi: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 19:26CGYJakub Nakladal: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:18CGYMicheal Ferland: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 14:42ARIAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:21CGYJyrki Jokipakka: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:34CGYSean Monahan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 16:02ARIAntoine Vermette: Slashing2 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 SOG0CGY
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICGY
26Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals1.9
49Shot attempts45
33Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits29
13Blocked shots13
7Giveaways18
4Takeaways10

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. bestHanzal – Tikhonov – Rieder11:13

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Richardson – Domi10:48

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  3. Gordon – Martinook – Plotnikov11:15

    xG 0.09–0.01 (89%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  4. Tanguay – Vermette – Duclair8:40

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Dahlbeck11:47

    xG 0.17–0.06 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Grossmann – Stone15:11

    xG 0.16–0.29 (36%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Connauton – Murphy16:34

    xG 0.47–0.68 (41%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Agostino9:51

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Bollig – Hathaway8:08

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan12:59

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  4. Colborne – Bouma – Jooris7:09

    xG 0.02–0.46 (5%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Giordano2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Jokipakka – Hamilton2:32

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Hamilton14:40

    xG 0.64–0.71 (47%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

CGY 1.9 xGARI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #760 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 70% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

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

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