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Thu, Jan 25, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 51% of the time.

ARI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0801227227
ARI010015114139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:19CBJAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Seth Jones, Zach Werenski · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:39ARIBrendan PerliniPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:57CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 19:05CBJArtemi Panarin: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 19:05ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 0:17ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:44CBJJosh Anderson: Interference2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackARI 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.

CBJARI
27Shots on goal39
2.7Expected goals2.7
48Shot attempts73
28Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
28Hits37
23Blocked shots12
3Giveaways5
4Takeaways7

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. bestAnderson – Panarin – Dubois15:16

    xG 1.17–0.42 (73%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Schroeder – Sedlak5:29

    xG 0.12–0.20 (38%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg14:50

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

  4. Calvert – Jenner – Bjorkstrand14:12

    xG 0.29–0.46 (38%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski19:35

    xG 1.14–0.74 (61%)attempts 20–24goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Nutivaara16:35

    xG 0.49–0.50 (49%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Kukan11:28

    xG 0.08–0.29 (21%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Cousins – Martinook4:33

    xG 0.12–0.03 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Dvorak – Keller8:48

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  3. Cousins – Martinook – Domi2:18

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Rieder – Domi – Keller2:04

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Chychrun17:34

    xG 0.63–0.33 (66%)attempts 22–10goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Connauton10:52

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Chychrun2:28

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

ARI 2.7 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #811 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 51% of the time.

ARI winsCBJ wins

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

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