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Mon, Dec 5, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Arizona Coyotes 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 91% of the time.

CBJ winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI180505118
CBJ11117216434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:28ARITobias RiederPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:39CBJSam GagnerPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Cam Atkinson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:09CBJNick FolignoPPGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:37CBJSam GagnerAssists: Brandon Saad, Scott Hartnell · Snap, 0.34 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:00CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.02 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:23CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:24ARILawson Crouse: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:53ARIMartin Hanzal: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:25CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:25ARIRyan White: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 3:56ARITobias Rieder: Boarding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 12:18ARIMartin Hanzal: Interference2 min
  8. P3 7:56ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:56CBJSeth Jones: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:03ARIBrendan Perlini: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 18:30ARIMartin Hanzal: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICBJ
18Shots on goal34
1.3Expected goals4.1
35Shot attempts59
15Faceoffs won36
1Power plays6
16Penalty minutes6
19Hits17
11Blocked shots7
6Giveaways8
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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Hanzal – Rieder7:00

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – Martinook – Perlini9:47

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. White – Gaudet – Crouse6:24

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Domi – Dvorak8:29

    xG 0.11–0.28 (27%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stone – Ekman-Larsson2:34

    xG 0.03–0.03 (54%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Stone11:08

    xG 0.24–0.26 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Murphy2:19

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Karlsson – Anderson8:55

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg10:28

    xG 0.30–0.25 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner9:57

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson3:06

    xG 0.01–0.05 (21%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:54

    xG 0.80–0.37 (68%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara12:26

    xG 0.47–0.17 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski12:50

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

CBJ 4.1 xGARI 1.3 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 26/100 · #861 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 91% of the time.

CBJ winsARI wins

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

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