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Tue, Oct 18, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 90% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL041727318
CBJ012012216240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:17DALSteve OttAssists: Loui Eriksson, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:31DALJamie BennAssists: Radek Dvorak, Adam Burish · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:06CBJDerick BrassardPPAssists: Rick Nash, David Savard · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:27DALMichael RyderGWGAssists: Sheldon Souray, Brenden Morrow · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:05CBJKris RussellUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:41DALSteve Ott: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 17:07CBJCody Bass: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:07DALJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:46CBJRyan Johansen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 7:17DALStephane Robidas: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 8:34DALBrenden Morrow: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 15:10CBJDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:34DALSheldon Souray: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 8:53DALSheldon Souray: Holding2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
18Shots on goal40
1.0Expected goals3.5
27Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won28
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
20Hits32
7Blocked shots1
1Giveaways4
2Takeaways4

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Nystrom – Dowell – Wandell5:23

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Eriksson – Benn13:22

    xG 0.33–0.45 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Burish7:33

    xG 0.10–0.46 (18%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ryder12:19

    xG 0.19–0.74 (20%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Souray – Robidas14:30

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  2. Goligoski – Pardy16:42

    xG 0.41–0.87 (32%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Grossmann13:54

    xG 0.09–0.71 (11%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Nash – Brassard12:02

    xG 0.76–0.19 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. Prospal – Giroux – Vermette11:30

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 17–5goals 1–1

  3. Pahlsson – Dorsett – Mayorov9:09

    xG 0.09–0.12 (44%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  4. MacKenzie – Bass – Johansen5:29

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Russell10:28

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Clitsome – Russell2:34

    xG 0.43–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Martinek – Tyutin3:35

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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 3.5 xGDAL 1.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #740 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 90% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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