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Tue, Dec 3, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Arizona Coyotes 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

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

CBJ winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1112918428
CBJ09116110235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:11ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:24CBJDean KukanPPAssists: Sonny Milano, Ryan Murray · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:35ARIChristian FischerAssists: Carl Soderberg, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:39ARILawson CrouseGWGAssists: Carl Soderberg, Alex Goligoski · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:13CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:25ARICarl SoderbergENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.52 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:46CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:31ARIJakob Chychrun: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:24ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: 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
45% to win55% to win
← ARI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Texier won the faceoff against Soderberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICBJ
28Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals2.6
44Shot attempts60
30Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
11Hits12
14Blocked shots9
3Giveaways10
3Takeaways5

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. bestSchmaltz – Dvorak – Garland11:57

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Hinostroza – Keller11:45

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Fischer9:45

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Kessel – Crouse9:48

    xG 0.24–0.48 (33%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Oesterle – Lyubushkin10:57

    xG 0.17–0.20 (47%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun19:18

    xG 0.91–0.99 (48%)attempts 16–25goals 1–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson16:42

    xG 0.36–0.56 (40%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Atkinson – Texier11:24

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Anderson – Milano – Dubois10:08

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Nash – Wennberg – Robinson5:12

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand12:32

    xG 0.47–0.64 (42%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Murray15:31

    xG 0.71–0.18 (79%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Kukan20:18

    xG 0.74–0.53 (58%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Gavrikov13:24

    xG 0.30–0.86 (26%)attempts 10–15goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGARI 2.5 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 46/100 · #616 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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.

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).