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Tue, Jan 25, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Anaheim Ducks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 71% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA280915322
CBJ112012113237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:13ANACam FowlerPPAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Saku Koivu · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:42CBJRick NashPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Grant Clitsome · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:38ANAJason BlakeGWGAssists: Saku Koivu, Teemu Selanne · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:54CBJDerick BrassardPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:42CBJDerek Dorsett: Boarding5 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:07ANAGeorge Parros: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:32CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:32ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:42ANAToni Lydman: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 16:38ANAAndy Sutton: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 6:54ANAToni Lydman: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 9:47ANALubomir Visnovsky: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACBJ
22Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.5
33Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won35
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes10
19Hits37
19Blocked shots6
2Giveaways3
4Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake13:57

    xG 0.41–0.29 (59%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  2. Marchant – Parros – Sexton4:16

    xG 0.15–0.14 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Ryan – McMillan9:14

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Lapierre – Beleskey6:12

    xG 0.12–0.80 (13%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Fowler2:16

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler13:07

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Lydman – Visnovsky18:28

    xG 0.21–0.53 (28%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Boll – Calvert6:10

    xG 0.44–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Voracek12:52

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Pahlsson – Murray – Dorsett8:25

    xG 0.11–0.25 (29%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Huselius – Vermette – Umberger10:49

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Clitsome6:49

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  2. Hejda – Stralman14:59

    xG 0.59–0.55 (52%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Methot11:37

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 13–4goals 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.

CBJ 3.5 xGANA 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #808 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 71% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

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

-7
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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