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Tue, Jan 18, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 73% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ1131905030230
TBL1611105001322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:34CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Antoine Vermette, Mathieu Garon · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:52TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Victor Hedman · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:24TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Pavel Kubina · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:16CBJDerick BrassardAssists: Rick Nash, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Rick Nash stopped
  3. 3. TBL Adam Hall stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Kyle Wilson stopped
  5. 5. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Kristian Huselius stopped
  7. 7. TBL Ryan Malone scored
  8. 8. CBJ Antoine Vermette stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:26TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:52CBJChris Clark: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:18TBLTeddy Purcell: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:09CBJRostislav Klesla: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:27CBJMarc Methot: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:46TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 9:45CBJRick Nash: Charging2 min
  8. P3 12:15TBLAdam Hall: 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 SOG0TBL
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTBL
30Shots on goal22
2.7Expected goals1.6
63Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits24
15Blocked shots18
10Giveaways12
12Takeaways10

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. bestWilson – Boll – Calvert3:53

    xG 0.42–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  2. Nash – Brassard – Voracek12:02

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Clark – Pahlsson – Dorsett10:59

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  4. Huselius – Vermette – Umberger11:35

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Tyutin17:38

    xG 0.68–0.36 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  2. Clitsome – Russell8:51

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Methot16:25

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Moore3:02

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Gagne – Purcell – Stamkos2:30

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Bergenheim7:00

    xG 0.07–0.22 (25%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Downie – Stamkos5:01

    xG 0.06–0.21 (21%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Jones7:09

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Ohlund – Jones2:00

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Kubina – Lundin2:38

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

TBL 1.6 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #399 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 73% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

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

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