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Tue, Nov 30, 2010·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Phoenix Coyotes 0, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX010013010033
NSH1411118323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:36NSHShea WeberPPGWGAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Steve Sullivan · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:48NSHCal O'ReillyPPAssists: Steve Sullivan, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:35NSHJordin TootooENAssists: Jerred Smithson · Wrist, 0.55 xG0–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:02NSHJoel Ward: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 2:26PHXDavid Schlemko: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:31NSHRyan Suter: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:00PHXRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:51PHXDerek Morris: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:01PHXAdrian Aucoin: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 16:57NSHSergei Kostitsyn: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:49PHXScottie Upshall: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 7:41PHXMartin Hanzal: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 16:40PHXKeith Yandle: Slashing2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNSH
33Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.2
59Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won34
3Power plays7
14Penalty minutes6
13Hits13
11Blocked shots13
10Giveaways13
10Takeaways7

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal9:53

    xG 0.53–0.06 (90%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Upshall – Turris7:15

    xG 0.32–0.04 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Belanger – Wolski2:05

    xG 0.11–0.03 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Stempniak – Turris2:59

    xG 0.01–0.13 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle15:01

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Yonkman – Schlemko9:08

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Jovanovski11:15

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDumont – Hornqvist – Spaling4:42

    xG 0.32–0.07 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Erat – Goc – Kostitsyn9:25

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Sullivan – O'Reilly – Wilson8:38

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Ward – Tootoo8:13

    xG 0.21–0.71 (23%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Franson7:43

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Klein13:10

    xG 0.18–0.38 (33%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Weber16:25

    xG 0.21–0.64 (25%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

NSH 2.2 xGPHX 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHPHX

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1161 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsPHX wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − PHX), 10,000 replays

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