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Sun, Apr 11, 2021·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Arizona Coyotes 0, Vegas Golden Knights 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 77% of the time.

VGK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI060404014
VGK0901614129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 10:38VGKTomas NosekGWGAssists: Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:56VGKNicolas Hague: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:46ARIJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 7:43VGKWilliam Carrier: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 7:43ARIMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 19:45ARIConor Garland: Clipping2 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 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVGK
14Shots on goal29
0.9Expected goals2.2
40Shot attempts63
17Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
38Hits29
14Blocked shots16
0Giveaways9
9Takeaways4

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. Kessel – Larsson – Hunt12:31

    xG 0.19–0.32 (38%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Pitlick – Dvorak – Keller8:58

    xG 0.04–0.22 (17%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Bunting – Garland11:57

    xG 0.25–0.42 (37%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Fischer – Crouse8:33

    xG 0.03–0.24 (11%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Gross3:07

    xG 0.13–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Chychrun6:31

    xG 0.13–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin8:40

    xG 0.05–0.06 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Stone – Stephenson12:38

    xG 0.40–0.15 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Reaves – Carrier – Roy7:58

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault9:11

    xG 0.20–0.05 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Nosek – Tuch – Kolesar3:58

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHague – Whitecloud14:20

    xG 0.51–0.09 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Theodore14:16

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Pietrangelo – McNabb17:44

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 20–14goals 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.

VGK 2.2 xGARI 0.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 0/100 · #865 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (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 77% 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).