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Sat, Dec 9, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Arizona Coyotes 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI011011013035
CBJ11001509134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:30CBJJosh AndersonGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:21CBJScott Harrington: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:31CBJMatt Calvert: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 6:24ARIBrendan Perlini: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:35ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:07CBJArtemi Panarin: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 17:07CBJArtemi Panarin: High sticking2 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 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICBJ
35Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals2.3
55Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
14Hits14
15Blocked shots12
2Giveaways2
3Takeaways4

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. bestDuclair – Domi – Dvorak12:31

    xG 0.34–0.27 (55%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Fischer – Strome – Keller8:58

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Rinaldo – Martinook10:42

    xG 0.21–0.41 (33%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Rieder – Perlini11:09

    xG 0.25–0.49 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun12:39

    xG 1.01–0.64 (61%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1

  2. Demers – Ekman-Larsson13:30

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Connauton3:04

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Panarin – Dubois11:42

    xG 0.59–0.28 (67%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Sedlak – Milano – Hannikainen5:09

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg9:48

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Calvert – Jenner11:38

    xG 0.38–0.42 (48%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski17:08

    xG 0.76–0.66 (54%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0

  2. Harrington – Nutivaara8:16

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard18:53

    xG 0.52–0.61 (46%)attempts 14–16goals 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 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1266 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% 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).