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Fri, Mar 30, 2012·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Florida Panthers 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 56% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01501016131
CBJ1611528429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Derick Brassard, Cam Atkinson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:48CBJNikita NikitinPPGWGAssists: Mark Letestu, Vinny Prospal · Deflected, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:01CBJNikita NikitinAssists: Derek Dorsett, Ryan Johansen · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:57FLATomas KopeckyAssists: Kris Versteeg, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:12CBJR.J. UmbergerENAssists: Rick Nash, Nikita Nikitin · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:28CBJMark Letestu: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:53CBJCam Atkinson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:13CBJJack Johnson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:14FLAErik Gudbranson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 11:18FLAWojtek Wolski: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:46FLAErik Gudbranson: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 13:50CBJDerek Dorsett: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 13:50FLAEd Jovanovski: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 15:19FLATomas Fleischmann: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 19:48FLAKrys Barch: Cross checking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACBJ
31Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals3.2
50Shot attempts49
32Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
20Hits19
8Blocked shots14
1Giveaways1
2Takeaways12

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Wolski – Versteeg – Matthias8:11

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Madden – Barch – Kopecky4:02

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. Samuelsson – Goc – Bergenheim7:30

    xG 0.05–0.19 (20%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Weiss – Fleischmann – Upshall12:46

    xG 0.08–0.45 (15%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Kulikov3:39

    xG 0.39–0.14 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Weaver – Kulikov11:08

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Jovanovski – Kulikov2:16

    xG 0.12–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Brassard – Atkinson7:43

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Boyce – Boll – Gillies5:45

    xG 0.25–0.10 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Dorsett – Johansen8:37

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Prospal – Nash – Letestu9:02

    xG 0.20–0.57 (26%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Moore10:39

    xG 0.48–0.29 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Prout12:08

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Lebda3:06

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 3.2 xGFLA 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #906 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 56% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

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

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