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Thu, Mar 7, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Vancouver Canucks 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN090161901135
CBJ180110612227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:33CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Nick Foligno, Ryan Johansen · Tip-in, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:05VANHenrik SedinAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:03CBJMatt CalvertGWGAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:40VANMaxim Lapierre: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 8:23CBJFedor Tyutin: Holding2 min
  3. P3 11:26VANAndrew Alberts: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 14:17VANHenrik Sedin: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCBJ
35Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits21
15Blocked shots12
4Giveaways7
3Takeaways10

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLapierre – Booth – Kassian8:52

    xG 0.63–0.10 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian2:02

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Hansen – Raymond9:55

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Sestito – Weise – Schroeder3:47

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison17:51

    xG 0.48–0.15 (77%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Alberts – Tanev4:43

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Edler4:55

    xG 0.38–0.23 (63%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Calvert – Atkinson12:08

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen11:38

    xG 0.75–0.57 (57%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Prospal – Brassard – Letestu11:21

    xG 0.15–0.27 (35%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Erixon15:35

    xG 0.53–0.44 (55%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Prout15:09

    xG 0.76–0.76 (50%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson17:06

    xG 0.57–0.99 (37%)attempts 13–19goals 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 2.1 xGVAN 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #399 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

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

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