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Tue, Mar 12, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Vancouver Canucks 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN01211807011238
CBJ01016010010127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:04CBJMark LetestuAssists: Derick Brassard, Vinny Prospal · Backhand, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:11VANJason GarrisonAssists: Jannik Hansen, Cam Barker · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
  2. 2. VAN Chris Higgins stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Matt Calvert stopped
  4. 4. VAN Mason Raymond scored
  5. 5. CBJ Mark Letestu stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:23VANDavid Booth: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:57CBJDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:09CBJRyan Johansen: Boarding2 min
  4. P3 8:08VANZack Kassian: Boarding2 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 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Higgins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCBJ
38Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.0
72Shot attempts48
23Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
27Hits29
10Blocked shots27
3Giveaways3
5Takeaways8

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. bestHansen – Raymond – Ebbett9:37

    xG 0.75–0.34 (69%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows13:59

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  3. Lapierre – Sestito – Weise4:11

    xG 0.00–0.08 (1%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Booth – Kassian10:53

    xG 0.12–0.53 (18%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev14:42

    xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Garrison17:00

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Edler2:36

    xG 0.12–0.08 (59%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Brassard – Letestu11:07

    xG 0.64–0.15 (81%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Boll – Drazenovic – Gillies4:17

    xG 0.04–0.08 (34%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson9:50

    xG 0.42–0.53 (45%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen12:31

    xG 0.07–0.39 (15%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Prout16:47

    xG 0.72–0.32 (69%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

  2. Aucoin – Erixon12:06

    xG 0.39–0.12 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson19:09

    xG 0.40–1.14 (26%)attempts 10–30goals 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 2.0 xGVAN 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 47/100 · #386 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 18% (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 59% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

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

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