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Ice Lab

Sat, Jan 20, 2024·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Nashville Predators 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH01211317232
ARI1621107324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:52ARIClayton KellerAssists: Dylan Guenther, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:20ARIClayton KellerAssists: Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:42NSHRoman JosiPPAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Colton Sissons · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:50ARIMichael CarconeGWGAssists: Jack McBain, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:44NSHTommy NovakAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Slap, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:06ARITravis Dermott: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:52NSHCole Smith: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:01ARIMatias Maccelli: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:19ARITravis Dermott: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:34ARILawson Crouse: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:51ARIMichael Carcone: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:07NSHTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:37ARIClayton Keller: Too many men on the ice2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NSH attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Kerfoot
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHARI
32Shots on goal24
3.9Expected goals3.7
72Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won30
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
26Hits29
12Blocked shots18
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways7

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. Sissons – Trenin – Smith2:18

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Sherwood4:29

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg8:35

    xG 0.30–0.53 (36%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Gurianov – Glass – Parssinen4:05

    xG 0.02–0.29 (7%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauzon – Carrier8:20

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Barrie – Lauzon2:26

    xG 0.05–0.01 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Schenn2:19

    xG 0.04–0.04 (46%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Keller – Maccelli7:08

    xG 0.61–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – Carcone – McBain6:48

    xG 0.78–0.28 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Keller – Guenther – Cooley7:07

    xG 0.52–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Zucker – Kerfoot – Crouse8:45

    xG 0.10–0.35 (23%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Moser11:33

    xG 1.42–0.22 (87%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  2. Stecher – Kesselring8:30

    xG 0.55–0.28 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Dumba – Dermott11:12

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 9–11goals 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 3.7 xGNSH 3.9 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 29/100 · #959 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (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, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsNSH wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
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+6
+7

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