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Thu, Mar 9, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Nashville Predators 1, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH09014117140
ARI118013312443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:45ARIBrett RitchieAssists: J.J. Moser, Christian Fischer · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:41ARIBarrett HaytonPPGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Travis Boyd · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:30ARIJack McBainAssists: Lawson Crouse, Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:00NSHCody GlassAssists: Matt Duchene, Luke Evangelista · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:23ARINick SchmaltzENAssists: Patrik Nemeth, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:26ARINick Schmaltz: Holding2 min
  2. P1 4:18ARILaurent Dauphin: Holding2 min
  3. P1 5:16NSHCody Glass: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 13:53NSHCole Smith: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 1:43ARIJack McBain: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:01ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:01NSHMichael McCarron: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 19:36ARIConnor Mackey: Holding2 min
  9. P3 5:31ARIConnor Mackey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 7:43NSHYakov Trenin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 7:48ARITravis Boyd: Holding the stick2 min
  12. P3 10:14NSHCody Glass: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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
49% to win51% to win
← NSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Hayton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHARI
40Shots on goal43
4.5Expected goals5.3
80Shot attempts69
39Faceoffs won22
6Power plays4
13Penalty minutes17
25Hits24
12Blocked shots20
7Giveaways10
1Takeaways6

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. bestSissons – Trenin – Smith6:58

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. McCarron – Asplund – Leonard4:12

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Glass – Tomasino7:57

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista6:24

    xG 0.32–0.81 (28%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lauzon – Foote8:43

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Fabbro10:52

    xG 0.66–0.76 (47%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Foote2:30

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – McBain – Maccelli9:15

    xG 1.22–0.48 (72%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton8:11

    xG 1.03–0.57 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer6:02

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  4. Kassian – O'Brien – Dauphin5:52

    xG 0.05–0.23 (19%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoderstrom – Mackey10:22

    xG 1.44–0.32 (82%)attempts 24–12goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Välimäki10:11

    xG 0.73–0.32 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Moser11:54

    xG 0.41–1.01 (29%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

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 5.3 xGNSH 4.5 xG
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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 27/100 · #1029 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 62% 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).