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Sat, Jan 9, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Nashville Predators 0, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0140507026
ARI0111939429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:35ARIAntoine VermettePPGWGAssists: Shane Doan, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:55ARITobias RiederAssists: Martin Hanzal · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:37ARITobias RiederENAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.76 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:46ARIAnthony DuclairUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:48ARIMartin Hanzal: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:51ARIConnor Murphy: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:50NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:42NSHBarret Jackman: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:59ARIAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 0:00NSHRyan Johansen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Roughing2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← NSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Neal won the faceoff against Doan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHARI
26Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.4
67Shot attempts43
25Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits21
6Blocked shots17
4Giveaways2
1Takeaways4

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. bestRibeiro – Smith – Jarnkrok11:07

    xG 0.35–0.07 (82%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Johansen – Forsberg12:25

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Hodgson – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson2:45

    xG 0.08–0.05 (63%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Gaustad – Nystrom – Salomaki6:32

    xG 0.10–0.26 (27%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllis – Ekholm4:55

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Josi15:09

    xG 0.52–0.43 (54%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1

  3. Jackman – Ellis11:03

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGordon – Chipchura – Tikhonov7:59

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair10:31

    xG 0.71–0.64 (53%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Vermette – Boedker – Domi9:58

    xG 0.17–0.15 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Richardson – Martinook12:06

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy17:07

    xG 0.57–0.34 (63%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Grossmann – Stone15:01

    xG 0.66–0.80 (45%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Dahlbeck13:11

    xG 0.09–0.39 (19%)attempts 2–19goals 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.

ARI 3.4 xGNSH 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1125 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

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

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