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Wed, Nov 23, 2011·Prudential Center, Newark

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 82% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ0908117020136
NJD0111603042224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:09NJDDainius ZubrusAssists: Adam Larsson, Patrik Elias · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:01CBJJared BollAssists: Marc Methot, Vinny Prospal · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  2. 2. CBJ Rick Nash stopped
  3. 3. NJD Zach Parise scored
  4. 4. CBJ Mark Letestu stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:12NJDHenrik Tallinder: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:55CBJGrant Clitsome: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:13CBJJames Wisniewski: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:10NJDAnton Volchenkov: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 17:27NJDCam Janssen: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:54NJDCam Janssen: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 1:34NJDZach Parise: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:57CBJMarc Methot: Holding2 min
  9. P3 10:05NJDAdam Larsson: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNJD
36Shots on goal24
4.0Expected goals1.9
50Shot attempts38
21Faceoffs won24
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
10Hits12
8Blocked shots5
6Giveaways9
2Takeaways3

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. bestUmberger – Letestu – Johansen8:58

    xG 0.84–0.22 (79%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Pahlsson – Vermette – Dorsett11:09

    xG 0.84–0.27 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Prospal – Nash – Carter10:52

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Bass – Boll5:26

    xG 0.06–0.21 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Wisniewski3:11

    xG 0.95–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Nikitin10:30

    xG 0.76–0.13 (86%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Nikitin3:27

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Carter – Palmieri4:32

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Parise – Henrique9:29

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus9:22

    xG 0.14–0.14 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Janssen – Sestito – Tedenby4:32

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Volchenkov11:48

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Fayne10:58

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson13:20

    xG 0.46–0.91 (34%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

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.

NJD 1.9 xGCBJ 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #602 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 82% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

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

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