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Tue, Feb 3, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Arizona Coyotes 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 75% of the time.

CBJ winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11421312429
CBJ01019012131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:00ARILucas LessioAssists: B.J. Crombeen, Brendan Shinnimin · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:40CBJJames WisniewskiPPAssists: Jack Johnson, Scott Hartnell · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:32ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:19ARIShane DoanPPAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.40 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:49ARITobias RiederENAssists: Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:09ARIKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:09CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:24ARIConnor Murphy: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:56CBJJames Wisniewski: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:16CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:14ARIAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:38CBJRyan Johansen: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 14:14ARITobias Rieder: Interference2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICBJ
29Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals2.3
51Shot attempts59
36Faceoffs won42
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
16Hits36
14Blocked shots15
2Giveaways7
2Takeaways8

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. bestMoss – Chipchura – McMillan10:13

    xG 1.14–0.41 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Shinnimin – Lessio11:09

    xG 0.55–0.17 (77%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Erat – Korpikoski – Gagner10:41

    xG 0.19–0.42 (32%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Vermette – Rieder9:09

    xG 0.19–0.52 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Murphy13:09

    xG 1.17–0.28 (81%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Stone15:59

    xG 0.89–0.70 (56%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Murphy2:00

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Anisimov – Tropp2:16

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Atkinson – Johansen9:09

    xG 0.93–0.78 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Foligno – Tropp4:23

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Letestu – Tropp2:14

    xG 0.01–0.02 (28%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson13:21

    xG 0.89–0.76 (54%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. Leopold – Wisniewski9:26

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton3:04

    xG 0.13–0.07 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

CBJ 2.3 xGARI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #838 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CBJ 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 75% of the time.

CBJ winsARI wins

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

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