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Tue, Feb 12, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Arizona Coyotes 5, Vegas Golden Knights 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 55% of the time.

VGK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI06210310526
VGK01621809243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:38ARIJordan OesterlePPAssists: Derek Stepan, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:00ARIAlex GalchenyukAssists: Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:29VGKBrandon PirriAssists: Cody Eakin, Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:30VGKNate SchmidtAssists: Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:21ARINick CousinsGWGAssists: Richard Panik, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:48ARIJosh ArchibaldAssists: Derek Stepan, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:03ARIRichard PanikENAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.66 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:25ARIMichael Bunting: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 8:36VGKPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:33ARIKevin Connauton: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 19:40VGKBrayden McNabb: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:49VGKPaul Stastny: Tripping2 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVGK
26Shots on goal43
2.8Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts63
32Faceoffs won31
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
32Hits44
13Blocked shots22
5Giveaways9
7Takeaways9

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. bestWeal – Fischer – Garland7:32

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Panik – Hinostroza11:45

    xG 0.14–0.32 (30%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Archibald – Bunting – Crouse7:55

    xG 0.10–0.46 (18%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Keller12:19

    xG 0.30–0.90 (25%)attempts 6–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Oesterle2:16

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson15:31

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Connauton – Oesterle13:24

    xG 0.29–0.58 (34%)attempts 14–13goals 1–2

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault13:22

    xG 0.66–0.24 (73%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch14:01

    xG 0.65–0.30 (68%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  3. Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare7:03

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Pirri – Eakin – Lindberg10:52

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Schmidt15:23

    xG 0.90–0.27 (77%)attempts 24–5goals 1–0

  2. Merrill – Miller15:27

    xG 0.65–0.22 (75%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – Theodore12:07

    xG 0.34–0.57 (37%)attempts 6–17goals 0–2

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.

VGK 3.2 xGARI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #366 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 55% of the time.

VGK winsARI wins

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

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