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Thu, Oct 31, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Nashville Predators 4, Phoenix Coyotes 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 74% of the time.

PHX winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH31108119020440
PHX0526210041525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:00NSHMatt HendricksAssists: David Legwand, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:12NSHEric NystromAssists: Patric Hornqvist, David Legwand · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:24NSHDavid LegwandPPAssists: Seth Jones, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 2:21PHXJordan SzwarzAssists: Zbynek Michalek, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:51PHXDerek MorrisAssists: Keith Yandle, David Moss · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:15NSHPaul GaustadAssists: Nick Spaling · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:16PHXShane DoanPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 8:17PHXAntoine VermetteAssists: Shane Doan, Kyle Chipchura · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Mike Ribeiro stopped
  2. 2. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. NSH Matt Cullen stopped
  5. 5. PHX Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
  6. 6. NSH Mike Fisher stopped
  7. 7. PHX David Rundblad stopped
  8. 8. NSH Gabriel Bourque stopped
  9. 9. PHX Mikkel Boedker scored
  10. 10. NSH David Legwand stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:30PHXMike Ribeiro: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:28PHXMikkel Boedker: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P3 5:18NSHMatt Cullen: Delaying game face off violation2 min · PPG
  4. OT 1:17NSHDavid Legwand: Holding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
48% to win52% 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
40Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals1.8
70Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits29
18Blocked shots13
0Giveaways3
5Takeaways8

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. bestLegwand – Nystrom – Hornqvist13:03

    xG 1.06–0.13 (89%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Fisher – Stalberg – Wilson15:11

    xG 0.77–0.30 (72%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Gaustad – Spaling5:09

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Gaustad – Spaling – Smith4:08

    xG 0.11–0.05 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Josi15:26

    xG 0.64–0.06 (91%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Weber – Jones25:08

    xG 1.55–1.09 (59%)attempts 27–27goals 1–0

  3. Ellis – Ekholm10:14

    xG 0.46–0.15 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Doan – Ribeiro – Korpikoski12:28

    xG 0.75–0.72 (51%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Bissonnette – Chipchura – Szwarz5:01

    xG 0.03–0.02 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 1–1

  3. Moss – Boedker – Miele2:04

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Vermette – Klinkhammer4:07

    xG 0.01–0.13 (8%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson17:23

    xG 0.58–0.55 (51%)attempts 19–18goals 2–0

  2. Stone – Rundblad15:38

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  3. Morris – Yandle18:07

    xG 0.30–1.15 (20%)attempts 15–21goals 1–1

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 1.8 xGNSH 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 92/100 · #76 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 74% of the time.

PHX winsNSH wins

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

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