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Wed, Dec 15, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ061141802230
VAN112190712330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:37VANRyan KeslerAssists: Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:02CBJDerick BrassardAssists: Jakub Voracek, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:50VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:34CBJTom SestitoPPAssists: Mike Commodore, Fedor Tyutin · Deflected, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:30VANRyan KeslerPPGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Snap, 0.29 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:59CBJRostislav Klesla: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 3:55CBJDerick Brassard: Holding2 min
  3. P1 8:48VANRaffi Torres: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:40VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:26CBJRostislav Klesla: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:34CBJMike Commodore: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:24VANAndrew Alberts: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. OT 2:45CBJJan Hejda: Boarding2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJVAN
30Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
25Blocked shots20
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways9

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 – Brassard – Voracek11:29

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Moreau – Pahlsson – Dorsett4:03

    xG 0.13–0.01 (93%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Huselius – Vermette – Umberger11:46

    xG 0.69–0.60 (53%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  4. Clark – Murray – Sestito3:14

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Hejda18:37

    xG 0.97–0.39 (72%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. Commodore – Russell7:54

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Klesla – Methot12:23

    xG 0.30–0.23 (56%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMalhotra – Torres – Hansen9:38

    xG 0.29–0.14 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows11:55

    xG 0.67–0.59 (53%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Bolduc – Glass3:30

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Kesler – Glass2:21

    xG 0.01–0.11 (12%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBallard – Edler15:54

    xG 0.81–0.51 (61%)attempts 22–18goals 2–0

  2. Alberts – Rome10:03

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa15:03

    xG 0.59–0.90 (40%)attempts 17–17goals 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.

VAN 3.0 xGCBJ 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #313 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).