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Thu, Jan 18, 2018·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Arizona Coyotes 2, Nashville Predators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 67% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI06112110011229
NSH01219115032339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:17NSHScott HartnellAssists: Ryan Ellis, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:48ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Richard Panik, Derek Stepan · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:40ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Richard Panik, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:24NSHRyan EllisAssists: Roman Josi, Nick Bonino · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Brendan Perlini stopped
  2. 2. NSH Kyle Turris scored
  3. 3. ARI Richard Panik stopped
  4. 4. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  5. 5. ARI Nick Cousins scored
  6. 6. NSH Kevin Fiala stopped
  7. 7. ARI Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
  8. 8. NSH Craig Smith scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:09NSHColton Sissons: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:17ARIBrad Richardson: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P3 13:47ARIAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min
  4. OT 4:56NSHKevin Fiala: Slashing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINSH
29Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals2.8
49Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won44
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits20
12Blocked shots12
6Giveaways9
8Takeaways14

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook12:11

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

  2. Archibald – Dvorak – Keller10:15

    xG 0.47–0.52 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Rieder – Domi – Fischer9:37

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Panik – Perlini12:36

    xG 0.19–0.26 (41%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Connauton10:12

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Ekman-Larsson18:18

    xG 0.67–0.63 (51%)attempts 14–20goals 2–1

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson18:58

    xG 0.77–0.89 (46%)attempts 18–21goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestWatson – Salomaki – Sissons10:00

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Hartnell – Aberg – Gaudreau5:18

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Johansen – Fiala12:51

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Turris – Smith15:19

    xG 0.40–0.81 (33%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis17:53

    xG 0.85–0.35 (71%)attempts 24–13goals 2–1

  2. Subban – Ekholm2:17

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – Subban13:06

    xG 0.50–0.53 (49%)attempts 13–15goals 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.

NSH 2.8 xGARI 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #355 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 67% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

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

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