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Mon, Feb 11, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

San Jose Sharks 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01116110227
CBJ110213313636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:43CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Matt Calvert, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:05CBJJames WisniewskiPPAssists: Derick Brassard, R.J. Umberger · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:16CBJCody GoloubefGWGAssists: Derek MacKenzie, Nick Foligno · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:29SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Ryane Clowe, Douglas Murray · Snap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:21CBJNikita NikitinAssists: Matt Calvert, Brandon Dubinsky · Snap, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:37CBJVinny ProspalPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.24 xG1–5
  7. P3 5:45CBJMark LetestuAssists: Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–6
  8. P3 18:08SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.10 xG2–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:33CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:33SJSMatt Pelech: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:16CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 5:46CBJTim Erixon: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 8:30SJSAdam Burish: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 8:30CBJDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 5:01SJSBrent Burns: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 9:54SJSBrad Stuart: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 11:19SJSAdam Burish: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 4:34SJSScott Gomez: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 16:41CBJMatt Calvert: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCBJ
27Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals2.6
45Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes16
20Hits22
10Blocked shots12
7Giveaways3
1Takeaways5

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Sheppard – Wingels11:15

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Havlat – Couture3:34

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Clowe – Couture4:52

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  4. Thornton – Gomez – Pavelski3:16

    xG 0.01–0.09 (8%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Vlasic9:23

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Vlasic10:21

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Murray8:23

    xG 0.22–0.22 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Foligno – Calvert10:46

    xG 0.64–0.06 (91%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  2. Prospal – Anisimov – Letestu9:40

    xG 0.39–0.26 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Gillies8:22

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Dorsett – Brassard8:16

    xG 0.05–0.36 (12%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Nikitin13:47

    xG 0.66–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–2goals 3–0

  2. Goloubef – Erixon14:52

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Wisniewski – Johnson15:58

    xG 0.42–0.81 (34%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

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 2.6 xGSJS 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #432 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 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 68% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

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

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