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Thu, Nov 15, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Nashville Predators 1, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 77% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH016017113146
ARI1611205223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:16ARIMichael GrabnerSHAssists: Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:09ARIJason DemersGWGAssists: Christian Fischer, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:09NSHNick BoninoAssists: Austin Watson, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:14ARIChristian Fischer: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:23NSHRyan Hartman: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 7:00ARINick Cousins: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:05ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Elbowing2 min
  5. P2 10:39ARIDarcy Kuemper: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:19ARIJosh Archibald: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P3 2:29NSHPekka Rinne: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NSH attackARI 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.

NSHARI
46Shots on goal23
3.6Expected goals2.0
82Shot attempts46
38Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
19Hits24
9Blocked shots19
11Giveaways17
3Takeaways6

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. bestBonino – Watson – Sissons6:40

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Turris – Smith – Jarnkrok9:24

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Salomaki – Hartman – Gaudreau3:57

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  4. Johansen – Forsberg – Fiala11:50

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Ekholm13:21

    xG 0.65–0.35 (65%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Irwin6:44

    xG 0.23–0.14 (63%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis15:43

    xG 0.56–0.66 (46%)attempts 27–14goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Galchenyuk – Perlini7:24

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Panik – Hinostroza9:01

    xG 0.18–0.08 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Stepan – Fischer – Keller11:27

    xG 0.55–0.78 (41%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  4. Archibald – Cousins – Crouse4:44

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 2–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle13:47

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton2:24

    xG 0.04–0.13 (24%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Connauton – Lyubushkin8:46

    xG 0.33–0.53 (39%)attempts 5–19goals 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 2.0 xGNSH 3.6 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 12/100 · #1113 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 77% 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).