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Sat, Jan 19, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 56% of the time.

NSH winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ1111906022328
NSH21407012011234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:39NSHMartin EratAssists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Pekka Rinne · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:08CBJNick FolignoPPAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Vinny Prospal · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:55NSHRyan EllisPPAssists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Patric Hornqvist · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:05CBJArtem AnisimovAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Nikita Nikitin · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  2. 2. NSH Martin Erat stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Artem Anisimov scored
  4. 4. NSH Mike Fisher stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Jack Johnson stopped
  6. 6. NSH David Legwand scored
  7. 7. CBJ James Wisniewski stopped
  8. 8. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  9. 9. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
  10. 10. NSH Colin Wilson stopped
  11. 11. CBJ Derick Brassard scored
  12. 12. NSH Craig Smith stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:49NSHBrandon Yip: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 6:49CBJDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:31NSHScott Hannan: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:31CBJDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:14NSHMartin Erat: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 16:22CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:53NSHShea Weber: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 9:53CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 9:53NSHShea Weber: Roughing2 min
  10. OT 5:00NSHDavid Legwand: 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNSH
28Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals1.9
48Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won37
2Power plays1
14Penalty minutes18
21Hits21
12Blocked shots9
5Giveaways11
4Takeaways11

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. bestDubinsky – Dorsett – Anisimov12:35

    xG 0.32–0.17 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  2. Umberger – Brassard – Atkinson12:46

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Prospal – Foligno – Johansen11:30

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Boll – Calvert5:06

    xG 0.03–0.10 (24%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wisniewski – Johnson19:17

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1

  2. Aucoin – Moore14:07

    xG 0.11–0.22 (32%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Nikitin16:48

    xG 0.29–0.55 (34%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Hornqvist – Wilson5:41

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. McGrattan – Yip – Spaling4:38

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Gaustad – Yip – Halischuk3:26

    xG 0.05–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Hornqvist – Smith6:30

    xG 0.07–0.21 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi18:49

    xG 0.81–0.11 (88%)attempts 26–7goals 0–0

  2. Klein – Josi2:18

    xG 0.06–0.02 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Klein12:13

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 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.

NSH 1.9 xGCBJ 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #358 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NSH 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, Nashville Predators win this game 56% of the time.

NSH winsCBJ wins

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

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