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Thu, Oct 13, 2011·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Phoenix Coyotes 5, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 57% of the time.

NSH winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX31611213531
NSH0718110225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:00PHXDavid SchlemkoAssists: Petteri Nokelainen, Raffi Torres · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:28PHXRay WhitneyAssists: Daymond Langkow, Shane Doan · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:45PHXLauri KorpikoskiGWGAssists: Boyd Gordon, Taylor Pyatt · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:26PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Martin Hanzal, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–0
  5. P2 14:01NSHRyan SuterSHAssists: David Legwand · Slap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 9:08NSHColin WilsonAssists: David Legwand, Sergei Kostitsyn · Slap, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:50PHXShane DoanENAssists: Rostislav Klesla · Wrist, 0.54 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:39NSHNiclas Bergfors: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:07PHXPaul Bissonnette: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 13:00NSHJordin Tootoo: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:06PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 min
  5. P3 14:37PHXMartin Hanzal: Holding the stick2 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Spaling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXNSH
31Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.1
57Shot attempts36
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits16
5Blocked shots15
7Giveaways10
7Takeaways9

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. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Boedker11:08

    xG 0.84–0.38 (69%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Gordon – Korpikoski12:30

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Torres – Bissonnette – Nokelainen5:56

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Langkow – Doan11:56

    xG 0.40–0.54 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Schlemko15:12

    xG 0.81–0.57 (59%)attempts 23–8goals 3–1

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson16:02

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Morris – Ekman-Larsson2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBergfors – Kostitsyn – Spaling4:47

    xG 0.46–0.07 (86%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Kostitsyn – Wilson3:20

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. McGrattan – Smithson – Geoffrion3:26

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Halischuk – Spaling3:52

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber20:10

    xG 0.76–0.68 (53%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  2. Laakso – Ekholm10:37

    xG 0.01–0.21 (4%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Blum16:45

    xG 0.35–0.75 (32%)attempts 8–21goals 0–3

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 2.1 xGPHX 2.4 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 62/100 · #427 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 57% of the time.

NSH winsPHX wins

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

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