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Mon, Jan 28, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Nashville Predators 0, Phoenix Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

PHX winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0307011021
PHX1519211425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:00PHXAntoine VermetteGWGAssists: Nick Johnson, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:48PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:34PHXNick JohnsonAssists: Keith Yandle, Derek Morris · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:02PHXKeith YandlePPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Radim Vrbata · Slap, 0.05 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:29PHXSteve Sullivan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 15:12NSHRich Clune: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:12PHXKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:54PHXLauri Korpikoski: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:28NSHCraig Smith: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:03NSHMatt Halischuk: Interference2 min
  7. P3 5:24NSHMartin Erat: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:24PHXKeith Yandle: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:08NSHColin Wilson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 13:15NSHGabriel Bourque: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gaustad won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHPHX
21Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.1
47Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
22Hits20
13Blocked shots10
1Giveaways6
2Takeaways4

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Erat – Wilson13:40

    xG 0.77–0.42 (65%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Kostitsyn – Bourque10:04

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Halischuk – Spaling – Smith4:33

    xG 0.01–0.02 (31%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Clune – Halischuk – Smith3:00

    xG 0.05–0.13 (26%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi16:34

    xG 0.89–0.70 (56%)attempts 22–17goals 0–1

  2. Hannan – Ellis15:10

    xG 0.28–0.51 (36%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  3. Gill – Klein10:31

    xG 0.03–0.37 (7%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Gordon – Korpikoski10:53

    xG 0.65–0.21 (76%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Bissonnette – Chipchura – Johnson4:34

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Sullivan – Doan – Vermette8:11

    xG 0.17–0.04 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Bolduc – Boedker9:58

    xG 0.11–0.30 (27%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Rundblad9:40

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Yandle19:20

    xG 0.70–0.72 (49%)attempts 17–15goals 2–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson12:08

    xG 0.30–0.43 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 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.

PHX 2.1 xGNSH 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #684 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50PHX 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 61% of the time.

PHX winsNSH wins

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

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