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Sat, Nov 5, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Nashville Predators 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH0319215031430
VAN313017013020345

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:56VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Quinn Hughes, Luke Schenn · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:41VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Nils Hoglander, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:32VANAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:00NSHJordan GrossPPAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Mattias Ekholm · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:06NSHJordan GrossAssists: Zachary Sanford, Mark Jankowski · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:41NSHNino NiederreiterAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Dante Fabbro · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  2. 2. NSH Mikael Granlund stopped
  3. 3. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  4. 4. NSH Matt Duchene scored
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 6:08VANSheldon Dries: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:07NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:07VANRiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:43VANDakota Joshua: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 16:39NSHCole Smith: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 18:17VANTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 1:35VANTyler Myers: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P2 1:35VANTyler Myers: Instigator2 min
  9. P2 1:35NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 1:35VANTyler Myers: Instigator misconduct10 min
  11. P2 3:29NSHMark Jankowski: Interference2 min
  12. P2 8:13NSHMichael McCarron: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 9:56NSHYakov Trenin: High sticking2 min
  14. P2 12:04VANConor Garland: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← NSH attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Dries
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHVAN
30Shots on goal45
3.0Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won37
5Power plays4
18Penalty minutes30
34Hits22
14Blocked shots16
2Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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. bestJohansen – Niederreiter – Forsberg4:39

    xG 0.93–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Jankowski – McCarron – Smith4:28

    xG 0.19–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Niederreiter – Sanford4:20

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Jankowski – Sanford – Jeannot2:14

    xG 0.07–0.15 (33%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Fabbro11:37

    xG 0.81–0.70 (54%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. McDonagh – Lauzon12:55

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Gross11:58

    xG 0.66–0.76 (46%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Horvat – Hoglander10:26

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Pearson – Garland – Dries8:30

    xG 0.54–0.60 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko9:48

    xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Joshua – Studnicka – Aman7:12

    xG 0.25–0.54 (31%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Ekman-Larsson3:34

    xG 0.33–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Bear8:06

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Hughes2:20

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

VAN 4.1 xGNSH 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #251 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsNSH wins

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

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