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Sat, Oct 30, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ01108115134
COL1731618531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:14COLDavid JonesAssists: Milan Hejduk, Scott Hannan · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:50COLChris StewartPPGWGAssists: Paul Stastny, Milan Hejduk · Wrist, 0.46 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:00COLDavid LiffitonAssists: Daniel Winnik, Brandon Yip · Slap, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:44COLPaul StastnyAssists: Chris Stewart, TJ Galiardi · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:06COLCody McLeodAssists: Ryan Wilson, Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P3 8:37CBJDerick BrassardPPAssists: Rick Nash, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 4:43COLRyan O'Reilly: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:38COLBrandon Yip: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:37CBJRick Nash: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:45CBJMarc Methot: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:27CBJRostislav Klesla: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:34COLRyan Wilson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:34CBJDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 17:08CBJNikita Filatov: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 2:27CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 3:01CBJMarc Methot: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 6:39CBJJared Boll: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 6:39COLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 6:39COLChris Stewart: Cross checking2 min
  14. P3 6:39COLDavid Liffiton: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 6:39CBJFedor Tyutin: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 19:34CBJDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 19:34COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 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 SOG0COL
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCOL
34Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals3.0
64Shot attempts50
35Faceoffs won27
3Power plays6
31Penalty minutes25
15Hits13
7Blocked shots10
1Giveaways9
8Takeaways18

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. bestVermette – Umberger – Dorsett4:53

    xG 0.51–0.09 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Nash – Brassard3:20

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Filatov3:23

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Voracek5:13

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Holden12:36

    xG 0.81–0.50 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Klesla – Methot11:52

    xG 0.58–0.52 (53%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  3. Tyutin – Russell13:04

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 17–10goals 0–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Jones – Duchene8:03

    xG 0.71–0.47 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Yip – Winnik – O'Reilly5:50

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Yip – Duchene2:05

    xG 0.03–0.04 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Dupuis – McLeod – Duchene2:02

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiffiton – Wilson2:39

    xG 0.29–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Holos2:48

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Liffiton3:10

    xG 0.27–0.09 (74%)attempts 6–1goals 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.

COL 3.0 xGCBJ 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1019 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 54% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

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

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