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Sun, Feb 13, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ11811209239
DAL16010014130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36DALBrad RichardsPPAssists: Trevor Daley, Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:22CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Anton Stralman, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:33CBJRick NashGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Anton Stralman · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:56CBJFedor Tyutin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:11DALTomas Vincour: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 18:27CBJFedor Tyutin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 11:00CBJKris Russell: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 11:17DALBrenden Morrow: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:52CBJRick Nash: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 1:52CBJDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:21CBJFedor Tyutin: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pahlsson won the faceoff against Gagnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
39Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals1.5
60Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won25
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
31Hits36
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
10Takeaways3

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. bestMacKenzie – Boll – Calvert5:32

    xG 0.66–0.22 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Voracek10:58

    xG 0.51–0.11 (82%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Clark – Pahlsson – Murray11:07

    xG 0.33–0.07 (83%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Huselius – Vermette – Umberger12:19

    xG 0.28–0.52 (35%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Stralman11:34

    xG 1.00–0.28 (78%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Clitsome – Russell10:54

    xG 0.67–0.23 (74%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Clitsome2:13

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Vincour4:18

    xG 0.32–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Langenbrunner – Ott – Wandell2:13

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Sutherby – Williams – Gagnon3:02

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Wandell – Vincour4:17

    xG 0.12–0.22 (35%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley14:28

    xG 0.63–0.41 (60%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Woywitka2:26

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

  3. Robidas – Skrastins10:23

    xG 0.06–0.15 (29%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

DAL 1.5 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #936 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 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 74% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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