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Thu, Nov 3, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Nashville Predators 2, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH1181706060237
ARI16011111002328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:17ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Ryan White, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:55NSHMatt IrwinAssists: Yannick Weber, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:35NSHCraig SmithPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:48ARIAnthony DuclairAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Anthony Duclair scored
  2. 2. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  3. 3. ARI Radim Vrbata scored
  4. 4. NSH Ryan Johansen stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:59ARIJakob Chychrun: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:48ARIKevin Connauton: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:01ARIConnor Murphy: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:30NSHCody Bass: Charging2 min
  5. P2 7:41ARIKevin Connauton: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:05NSHYannick Weber: Holding2 min
  7. P2 15:00ARIJamie McGinn: Boarding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 10:28NSHKevin Fiala: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:28ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  10. OT 3:21ARIRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← NSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Martinook won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHARI
37Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals1.7
69Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won34
7Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
14Hits23
10Blocked shots20
0Giveaways6
4Takeaways3

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. bestJarnkrok – Fiala – Arvidsson9:35

    xG 0.41–0.12 (78%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Johansen – Forsberg10:17

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Bass – Watson – Sissons4:54

    xG 0.01–0.07 (12%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Wilson – Smith11:13

    xG 0.21–0.67 (24%)attempts 13–12goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis14:38

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm12:45

    xG 0.52–0.50 (51%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Weber – Irwin10:40

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Domi – Dvorak6:03

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. White – Martinook – Crouse3:39

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. White – Dvorak – Crouse3:17

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Vrbata – McGinn – Strome5:03

    xG 0.08–0.20 (29%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Ekman-Larsson16:29

    xG 0.68–0.40 (63%)attempts 13–11goals 2–1

  2. Schenn – Connauton9:14

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Chychrun13:42

    xG 0.20–0.55 (26%)attempts 10–21goals 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 1.7 xGNSH 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 76/100 · #265 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 70% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

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

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