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Sun, Mar 20, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New Jersey Devils 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 88% of the time.

CBJ winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD19111111331
CBJ020506013

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:24NJDDavid ClarksonGWGAssists: Jacob Josefson, Mattias Tedenby · Tip-in, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:50NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Mattias Tedenby, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:22NJDNick PalmieriUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:07CBJRick Nash: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:59CBJDerick Brassard: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:47NJDAdam Mair: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 17:20CBJSamuel Pahlsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:55CBJDerek MacKenzie: Slashing2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCBJ
31Shots on goal13
2.9Expected goals0.8
57Shot attempts38
24Faceoffs won22
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
13Hits42
13Blocked shots14
4Giveaways1
8Takeaways6

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Tedenby – Josefson7:17

    xG 0.87–0.10 (90%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Palmieri10:42

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Rolston – Elias – Zubrus10:54

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Mair – Steckel – Zharkov5:51

    xG 0.18–0.23 (43%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Volchenkov12:22

    xG 0.82–0.06 (93%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Greene – Salmela14:47

    xG 0.81–0.23 (78%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Tallinder – Fayne17:21

    xG 0.36–0.38 (48%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Vermette – Umberger – Calvert2:55

    xG 0.14–0.16 (48%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Nash – Voracek2:36

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

  3. Vermette – Umberger – Upshall6:43

    xG 0.03–0.23 (11%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Voracek9:35

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Methot10:04

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Russell5:05

    xG 0.11–0.07 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Lepisto2:02

    xG 0.13–0.08 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 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 0.8 xGNJD 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1151 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 88% of the time.

CBJ winsNJD wins

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

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