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Thu, Nov 17, 2022·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Arizona Coyotes 1, Vegas Golden Knights 4

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
ARI0709110126
VGK012113314439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:21VGKAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:31VGKWilliam CarrierGWGAssists: Nicolas Roy, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:53VGKMark StoneAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Chandler Stephenson · Bat, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:29ARIClayton KellerAssists: J.J. Moser · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:56VGKReilly SmithAssists: Jonathan Marchessault · Snap, 0.18 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:27ARIPatrik Nemeth: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:37ARIDylan Guenther: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:32VGKJonathan Marchessault: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:50VGKKeegan Kolesar: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:50ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:41ARIJ.J. Moser: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:49VGKPaul Cotter: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 17:46VGKZach Whitecloud: Interference2 min
  9. P3 3:17ARITravis Boyd: Interference2 min
  10. P3 7:09VGKBrett Howden: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  11. P3 16:20ARINick Bjugstad: High sticking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVGK
26Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals3.5
54Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won25
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
31Hits25
11Blocked shots17
9Giveaways9
3Takeaways8

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. bestO'Brien – Fischer – McBain2:42

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – McBain – Guenther2:04

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Keller – Hayton5:38

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Ritchie – Fischer – McBain5:21

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Stecher7:09

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Brown8:48

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo3:14

    xG 0.01–0.13 (10%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestCarrier – Kolesar – Roy6:16

    xG 0.49–0.05 (90%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault6:56

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  3. Stone – Stephenson – Eichel12:19

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  4. Carrier – Kolesar – Howden2:01

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo10:28

    xG 0.87–0.15 (86%)attempts 11–7goals 2–1

  2. Pietrangelo – McNabb2:11

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Theodore12:03

    xG 0.36–0.34 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 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 3.5 xGARI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #1040 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, 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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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).