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Thu, Nov 29, 2018·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Arizona Coyotes 3, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 50% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI082819325
NSH0901406029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:40ARIClayton KellerGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:39ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:23ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 11:14ARIMichael Grabner: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:21NSHDan Hamhuis: Interference2 min
  3. P2 13:47NSHMattias Ekholm: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:49NSHMattias Ekholm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:27NSHColton Sissons: Interference2 min
  6. P3 12:07NSHRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:07ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:39ARIMichael Grabner: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 18:00NSHCalle Jarnkrok: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 18:00NSHMatt Irwin: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 18:00ARILawson Crouse: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 18:00ARILawson Crouse: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 18:00NSHMatt Irwin: 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.

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 Jarnkrok
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINSH
25Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won28
5Power plays2
18Penalty minutes24
14Hits21
18Blocked shots22
9Giveaways17
1Takeaways9

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. bestGalchenyuk – Schmaltz – Keller10:56

    xG 0.74–0.49 (60%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Panik – Fischer9:45

    xG 0.41–0.33 (56%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza11:37

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  4. Archibald – Cousins – Crouse9:21

    xG 0.14–0.22 (38%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Connauton15:17

    xG 0.68–0.52 (56%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton2:11

    xG 0.04–0.02 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun14:45

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 10–18goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGrimaldi – Salomaki – Gaudreau6:48

    xG 0.47–0.06 (89%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Jarnkrok – Hartman13:51

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Watson – Sissons7:34

    xG 0.13–0.22 (37%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Johansen – Forsberg – Fiala7:21

    xG 0.16–0.40 (29%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis14:54

    xG 0.96–0.51 (65%)attempts 26–10goals 0–2

  2. Weber – Irwin8:05

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Ekholm2:42

    xG 0.00–0.38 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 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 2.2 xGARI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1163 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 50% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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