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Thu, Feb 7, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 80% of the time.

ARI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ21711016433
ARI09212010231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:02CBJLukas SedlakAssists: Riley Nash · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:13CBJDavid SavardAssists: Josh Anderson, Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:20ARIJordan OesterleAssists: Nick Cousins, Christian Fischer · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:03ARIConor GarlandAssists: Jordan Oesterle · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:24CBJJosh AndersonPPGWGAssists: Seth Jones, Alexander Wennberg · Slap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:52CBJBoone JennerUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:32ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:44ARIChristian Fischer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:26CBJAnthony Duclair: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 0:27CBJBoone Jenner: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:20CBJRiley Nash: Tripping2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Kempe
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJARI
33Shots on goal31
4.4Expected goals2.5
56Shot attempts66
41Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
36Hits44
12Blocked shots9
11Giveaways8
8Takeaways2

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. bestNash – Sedlak – Hannikainen7:52

    xG 0.56–0.40 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  2. Bjorkstrand – Panarin – Dubois2:30

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson12:53

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 10–18goals 2–0

  4. Duclair – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg8:59

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Jones17:41

    xG 1.49–0.56 (73%)attempts 24–22goals 2–0

  2. Savard – Werenski16:59

    xG 0.45–0.79 (36%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  3. Harrington – Nutivaara11:01

    xG 0.10–0.62 (14%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Fischer – Keller11:12

    xG 0.65–0.39 (62%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Weal – Galchenyuk – Garland7:39

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse8:12

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Panik – Hinostroza10:30

    xG 0.40–0.79 (34%)attempts 16–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Oesterle2:01

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson13:23

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  3. Goligoski – Oesterle2:36

    xG 0.13–0.06 (68%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.5 xGCBJ 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #451 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 80% of the time.

ARI winsCBJ wins

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

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-1
0
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+7

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