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Fri, Nov 29, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Arizona Coyotes 1, Vegas Golden Knights 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

VGK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI013110010031136
VGK012112010042238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:01VGKAlex TuchPPAssists: Nicolas Hague, Jonathan Marchessault · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:53ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Alex Goligoski, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Nick Schmaltz stopped
  2. 2. VGK Jonathan Marchessault scored
  3. 3. ARI Conor Garland stopped
  4. 4. VGK Shea Theodore stopped
  5. 5. ARI Christian Dvorak scored
  6. 6. VGK Alex Tuch scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:14VGKNicolas Hague: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:13ARIDerek Stepan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:19ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:31ARIClayton Keller: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:38ARIBrad Richardson: Illegal check to head2 min
  6. P3 13:44VGKWilliam Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:03ARIPhil Kessel: 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 SOG0VGK
45% to win55% to win
← ARI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVGK
36Shots on goal38
2.9Expected goals2.7
58Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won31
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
20Hits45
16Blocked shots12
4Giveaways12
7Takeaways13

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. bestSchmaltz – Dvorak – Garland13:05

    xG 0.68–0.19 (78%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Soderberg – Kessel – Keller2:38

    xG 0.08–0.02 (79%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Kessel – Hayton6:19

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Hinostroza – Keller6:25

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson15:03

    xG 1.10–0.35 (76%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Lyubushkin14:10

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun14:53

    xG 0.18–0.68 (21%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestReaves – Nosek – Glass3:13

    xG 0.15–0.05 (75%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Eakin – Carrier – Tuch7:30

    xG 0.25–0.20 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault12:12

    xG 0.64–0.71 (48%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  4. Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone12:05

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTheodore – Hague13:08

    xG 0.58–0.22 (73%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Merrill15:43

    xG 0.83–1.30 (39%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Schmidt17:06

    xG 0.05–0.73 (7%)attempts 8–20goals 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.

VGK 2.7 xGARI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 40/100 · #692 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 55% of the time.

VGK winsARI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).