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Sat, Nov 11, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Arizona Coyotes 7, Nashville Predators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 71% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI2113628725
NSH318110114542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:13NSHKiefer SherwoodAssists: Luke Evangelista, Tommy Novak · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:11NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Jeremy Lauzon · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:58ARIMichael CarconeAssists: Logan Cooley · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:05ARITroy StecherAssists: J.J. Moser · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P1 16:58NSHDante FabbroAssists: Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 3:28NSHRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Tommy Novak, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–4
  7. P2 7:19ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Logan Cooley, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P2 12:28ARIAlexander KerfootAssists: Travis Boyd, Mathew Dumba · Tip-in, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. P2 19:07ARIMichael CarconeAssists: J.J. Moser, Connor Ingram · Snap, 0.04 xG5–4
  10. P3 13:57NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Dante Fabbro · Tip-in, 0.06 xG5–5
  11. P3 16:33ARISean DurziPPGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Logan Cooley · Slap, 0.07 xG6–5
  12. P3 18:33ARINick BjugstadENAssists: Clayton Keller, Barrett Hayton · Backhand, 0.76 xG7–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:57ARITroy Stecher: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:53ARIAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:23NSHRyan O'Reilly: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:38NSHRoman Josi: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:53ARIJ.J. Moser: Holding2 min
  6. P3 4:53NSHRoman Josi: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:44ARIAlexander Kerfoot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 16:02NSHTommy Novak: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINSH
25Shots on goal42
3.2Expected goals4.6
46Shot attempts76
27Faceoffs won24
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits29
16Blocked shots11
12Giveaways9
3Takeaways5

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. bestZucker – Carcone – Cooley8:49

    xG 0.87–0.38 (70%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  2. Boyd – Kerfoot – O'Brien6:24

    xG 0.41–0.45 (47%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli9:25

    xG 0.32–0.70 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

  4. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton11:26

    xG 0.19–0.72 (20%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Brown – Stecher11:02

    xG 0.57–0.63 (47%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Stecher – Välimäki2:53

    xG 0.03–0.30 (9%)attempts 2–4goals 0–2

  3. Durzi – Moser13:58

    xG 0.40–0.70 (36%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:29

    xG 0.93–0.45 (68%)attempts 18–10goals 3–0

  2. Sissons – Foudy – Smith5:25

    xG 0.39–0.25 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista6:18

    xG 0.04–0.36 (10%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Glass – Tomasino – Parssinen6:51

    xG 0.14–0.53 (21%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro13:50

    xG 1.02–0.66 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 2–3

  2. Barrie – Del Gaizo12:10

    xG 0.68–0.58 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Lauzon – Carrier12:54

    xG 0.57–0.78 (42%)attempts 12–14goals 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.

NSH 4.6 xGARI 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 99/100 · #8 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.89 · 12 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 71% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

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

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