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Sun, Dec 22, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Arizona Coyotes 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 63% of the time.

DET winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI215113217545
DET01007213230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:25ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:43ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:39ARICarl SoderbergGWGAssists: Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:41ARITaylor HallAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–0
  5. P3 9:59DETFilip ZadinaAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.19 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:26ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jordan Gross · Deflected, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P3 15:31DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Alex Biega, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:34ARIPhil Kessel: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 7:56ARIClayton Keller: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 11:14ARIAlex Goligoski: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← ARI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Soderberg won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIDET
45Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals2.5
62Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won28
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
14Hits31
6Blocked shots5
16Giveaways23
11Takeaways7

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. bestSoderberg – Schmaltz – Keller12:55

    xG 1.15–0.35 (77%)attempts 13–11goals 3–0

  2. Stepan – Hinostroza – Crouse11:53

    xG 0.70–0.24 (75%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – Hall – Dvorak12:12

    xG 0.65–0.33 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  4. Richardson – Grabner – Garland9:10

    xG 0.27–0.11 (72%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun20:16

    xG 1.17–0.44 (73%)attempts 24–7goals 0–1

  2. Oesterle – Lyubushkin15:37

    xG 0.59–0.25 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Gross15:37

    xG 0.62–0.60 (51%)attempts 14–17goals 3–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Bertuzzi – Larkin5:30

    xG 0.24–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Larkin – Fabbri3:00

    xG 0.23–0.10 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin4:33

    xG 0.07–0.04 (62%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Helm – Ehn2:28

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Green – Nemeth8:58

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Hronek5:36

    xG 0.29–0.44 (40%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

  3. Nemeth – Hronek14:23

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

DET 2.5 xGARI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #865 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 63% of the time.

DET winsARI wins

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

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