Skip to content
Ice Lab

Thu, Jan 2, 2020·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Anaheim Ducks 2, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 83% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1131708228
ARI11308313434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:28ARILawson CrouseAssists: Phil Kessel, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:28ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Isac Lundeström, Maxime Comtois · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:24ANAMax JonesAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:26ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Taylor Hall, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:47ARIBrad RichardsonGWGAssists: Christian Fischer, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:49ARICarl SoderbergAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Slap, 0.26 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:43ANAAdam Henrique: Interference2 min
  2. P2 17:37ARIBrad Richardson: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 9:21ANAOndrej Kase: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:26ANAMichael Del Zotto: Interference2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAARI
28Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals3.6
48Shot attempts74
22Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
33Hits20
16Blocked shots10
4Giveaways8
0Takeaways10

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney7:45

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Henrique – Carrick13:28

    xG 0.31–0.54 (36%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  3. Kase – Steel – Jones11:26

    xG 0.44–0.93 (32%)attempts 11–18goals 1–1

  4. Silfverberg – Comtois – Lundeström11:28

    xG 0.23–0.93 (20%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Lindholm16:46

    xG 0.25–0.73 (26%)attempts 15–21goals 1–2

  2. Fowler – Gudbranson17:07

    xG 0.39–1.03 (28%)attempts 15–24goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Larsson14:06

    xG 0.47–1.19 (28%)attempts 12–22goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Hinostroza – Fischer9:11

    xG 0.82–0.20 (81%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Hall – Dvorak – Garland11:39

    xG 0.83–0.26 (76%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  3. Soderberg – Schmaltz – Keller11:27

    xG 0.64–0.28 (70%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  4. Kessel – Stepan – Crouse10:56

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson17:19

    xG 1.41–0.23 (86%)attempts 33–11goals 1–0

  2. Oesterle – Lyubushkin12:11

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun19:01

    xG 0.97–0.92 (51%)attempts 17–21goals 1–2

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.

ARI 3.6 xGANA 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #600 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 83% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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