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Sat, Feb 10, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Arizona Coyotes 4, Nashville Predators 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 76% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI1121122601431
NSH1101921711537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:28NSHRyan O'ReillyAssists: Filip Forsberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:10ARITravis DermottAssists: Jason Zucker, Alexander Kerfoot · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:39NSHRoman JosiPPAssists: Tyson Barrie · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:31ARIDylan GuentherPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Jason Zucker · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:45ARIJuuso VälimäkiAssists: Dylan Guenther, Barrett Hayton · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:07ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Jason Zucker, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:00NSHTommy NovakPPAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Luke Evangelista · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:59NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:36NSHRyan McDonaghGWGAssists: Tommy Novak, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 15:14NSHRoman Josi: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:21ARITravis Dermott: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 5:32ARISean Durzi: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 7:48ARIJack McBain: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:08NSHFilip Forsberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:52ARIMatias Maccelli: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:42NSHCody Glass: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:57ARIBarrett Hayton: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 17:32NSHJeremy Lauzon: Interference2 min · PPG
  10. P3 4:00NSHCole Smith: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 4:19ARINick Bjugstad: Hooking2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINSH
31Shots on goal37
2.0Expected goals3.5
49Shot attempts79
28Faceoffs won32
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
26Hits26
27Blocked shots12
5Giveaways13
3Takeaways6

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. bestSchmaltz – Keller – McBain9:55

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Zucker – Kerfoot – O'Brien7:32

    xG 0.25–0.18 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Hayton – Guenther – Cooley7:23

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli8:52

    xG 0.32–0.88 (26%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumba – Välimäki3:34

    xG 0.29–0.04 (87%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Moser13:14

    xG 0.61–0.41 (60%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Kesselring6:27

    xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:31

    xG 0.95–0.34 (74%)attempts 19–11goals 2–0

  2. McCarron – Trenin – Smith2:32

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. O'Reilly – Forsberg – Glass2:38

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. McCarron – Sherwood – Evangelista3:31

    xG 0.07–0.15 (30%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Schenn11:06

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 18–7goals 0–1

  2. McDonagh – Josi3:05

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Barrie13:56

    xG 0.83–0.62 (57%)attempts 18–15goals 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.

NSH 3.5 xGARI 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 97/100 · #52 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.58 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 76% of the time.

NSH winsARI wins

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

-7
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0
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+7

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