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Tue, Nov 8, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver

Arizona Coyotes 4, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1112915425
COL0112709227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:28ARIJordan MartinookAssists: Radim Vrbata, Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:38COLRene BourquePPAssists: Erik Johnson, Mikhail Grigorenko · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:09COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:15ARITony DeAngeloAssists: Max Domi, Anthony Duclair · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:26ARIMax DomiGWGAssists: Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:11ARIJordan MartinookPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:29COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:29ARIRyan White: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:47COLNikita Zadorov: Elbowing2 min
  4. P1 15:00COLCody McLeod: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:26ARIJordan Martinook: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:00COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:05COLRene Bourque: 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 SOG0COL
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Martinook won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICOL
25Shots on goal27
1.8Expected goals1.4
59Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
21Hits12
14Blocked shots23
2Giveaways4
8Takeaways9

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. bestVrbata – McGinn – Martinook10:23

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Duclair – Domi – Dvorak10:55

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  3. Doan – Richardson – Rieder13:03

    xG 0.17–0.21 (44%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  4. White – Gaudet – Crouse9:56

    xG 0.01–0.13 (9%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy18:01

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 22–16goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – DeAngelo15:27

    xG 0.47–0.32 (59%)attempts 12–12goals 2–1

  3. Schenn – Chychrun15:14

    xG 0.09–0.25 (25%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Soderberg – Landeskog11:33

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – McLeod – Colborne6:09

    xG 0.18–0.07 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:07

    xG 0.18–0.35 (33%)attempts 10–14goals 1–2

  4. Bourque – Grigorenko – Martinsen7:58

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Barrie4:02

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Barrie2:35

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Wiercioch12:55

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

COL 1.4 xGARI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #591 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 57% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

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

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