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Thu, Jan 2, 2014·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Phoenix Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 53% of the time.

PHX winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ06115110231
PHX0607021034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:51CBJNathan HortonPPGWGAssists: James Wisniewski, Ryan Murray · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:03CBJR.J. UmbergerPPAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:58CBJCorey Tropp: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:52PHXKeith Yandle: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:52CBJDerek MacKenzie: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:05PHXTim Kennedy: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 18:04PHXDerek Morris: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 18:40CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 5:08CBJRyan Johansen: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 14:55PHXMike Smith: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:18CBJR.J. Umberger: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:40PHXDavid Rundblad: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  11. P3 19:21CBJFedor Tyutin: Hooking2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJPHX
31Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won24
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
35Hits29
13Blocked shots10
2Giveaways6
2Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestLetestu – Tropp – Jenner6:58

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Comeau – Atkinson7:30

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen10:55

    xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Dubinsky – Anisimov8:21

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray13:23

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson16:30

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Savard12:46

    xG 0.53–0.83 (39%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Moss – Korpikoski2:55

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Chipchura – Boedker3:21

    xG 0.15–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Hanzal – Klinkhammer2:45

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Moss – Brown4:20

    xG 0.06–0.07 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle15:59

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Rundblad11:19

    xG 0.47–0.27 (63%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Rundblad3:22

    xG 0.20–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

PHX 2.6 xGCBJ 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1189 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 53% of the time.

PHX winsCBJ wins

Simulated goal difference (PHX − CBJ), 10,000 replays

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