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Fri, Apr 29, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Nashville Predators 4, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH41009014433
ARI1629212527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:25NSHColton SissonsAssists: Roman Josi, Dante Fabbro · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:06NSHRyan JohansenAssists: Philip Tomasino, Jeremy Davies · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 2:51NSHEeli TolvanenUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P1 6:57NSHMikael GranlundAssists: Matt Duchene, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P1 13:21ARIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.00 xG4–1
  6. P2 14:25ARITravis BoydAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Kyle Capobianco · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P2 18:24ARIJack McBainAssists: Antoine Roussel, Loui Eriksson · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–3
  8. P3 1:51ARIMichael CarconeAssists: J.J. Moser, Nate Smith · Slap, 0.04 xG4–4
  9. P3 10:27ARIShayne GostisbehereGWGAssists: Alex Galchenyuk · Slap, 0.01 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:21ARIBokondji Imama: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:21NSHMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 9:17ARIVictor Soderstrom: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:45NSHMikael Granlund: Interference2 min
  5. P3 2:58NSHMatt Duchene: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 6:55ARITravis Boyd: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McBain won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHARI
33Shots on goal27
3.5Expected goals3.1
71Shot attempts52
31Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
28Hits43
14Blocked shots15
8Giveaways14
6Takeaways8

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. bestMcCarron – Luff – Tolvanen8:38

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg12:34

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot8:23

    xG 0.37–0.24 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–2

  4. Johansen – Kunin – Tomasino8:16

    xG 0.49–0.42 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Benning8:53

    xG 0.77–0.28 (74%)attempts 12–8goals 1–4

  2. Carrier – Davies11:07

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Carrier2:45

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Roussel – McBain8:26

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  2. Boyd – Schmaltz – Hayton12:48

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  3. Galchenyuk – O'Brien – Imama3:32

    xG 0.04–0.17 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  4. Kessel – Carcone – Smith8:00

    xG 0.16–0.51 (23%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – Gostisbehere17:39

    xG 0.71–0.77 (48%)attempts 16–20goals 3–2

  2. Capobianco – Moser10:41

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Dineen – Soderstrom12:08

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 10–14goals 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 3.1 xGNSH 3.5 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 93/100 · #110 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 8 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 56% 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).