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Sat, Feb 19, 2011·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX05210111326
NSH04110118232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:51PHXShane DoanAssists: Keith Yandle, Eric Belanger · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:49PHXTaylor PyattAssists: Andrew Ebbett · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:37NSHSergei KostitsynPPAssists: Mike Fisher, Martin Erat · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:32PHXLauri KorpikoskiGWGAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Derek Morris · Slap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:10NSHShea WeberAssists: Martin Erat, Patric Hornqvist · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:42PHXScottie Upshall: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:43NSHMartin Erat: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:16PHXMartin Hanzal: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:48PHXShane Doan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:06NSHJ-P Dumont: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 19:40NSHRyan Suter: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 6:52NSHPatric Hornqvist: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:52PHXTaylor Pyatt: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:28NSHShane O'Brien: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 13:12PHXKeith Yandle: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNSH
26Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals2.3
45Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
20Hits31
9Blocked shots12
10Giveaways10
14Takeaways11

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. bestPyatt – Ebbett – Boedker2:30

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal2:24

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

  3. Fiddler – Upshall – Stempniak10:01

    xG 0.38–0.39 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Belanger – Korpikoski10:50

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYonkman – Ekman-Larsson6:48

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Lepisto2:33

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Lepisto12:28

    xG 0.33–0.28 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSullivan – Legwand – Hornqvist3:04

    xG 0.21–0.05 (82%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Smithson – Ward – Wilson6:07

    xG 0.20–0.09 (70%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Fisher – Erat – Kostitsyn4:04

    xG 0.15–0.11 (57%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Sullivan – Fisher – Hornqvist3:59

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Franson6:06

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Weber13:00

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Weber – Sulzer2:38

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 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 2.3 xGPHX 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #818 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsPHX wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).