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Tue, Mar 26, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Vancouver Canucks 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 88% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ020607020017
VAN01301206031134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Mason Raymond stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Artem Anisimov stopped
  3. 3. VAN Jordan Schroeder stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
  5. 5. VAN Maxim Lapierre scored
  6. 6. CBJ Matt Calvert stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:47CBJNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 14:29VANKeith Ballard: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 1:29CBJDalton Prout: Holding2 min
  4. P3 3:21VANKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 12:15CBJR.J. Umberger: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJVAN
17Shots on goal34
0.7Expected goals2.8
38Shot attempts75
30Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
36Hits14
27Blocked shots16
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways9

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. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen11:22

    xG 0.32–0.40 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Calvert – Atkinson10:01

    xG 0.01–0.21 (5%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Gillies5:56

    xG 0.01–0.36 (3%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Brassard – Letestu12:15

    xG 0.22–0.96 (19%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nikitin – Prout17:47

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Moore11:21

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 3–17goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson17:59

    xG 0.14–1.09 (11%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLapierre – Gordon – Sestito5:56

    xG 0.39–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Hansen – Raymond – Schroeder12:25

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Higgins10:54

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler13:22

    xG 0.78–0.29 (73%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Garrison12:56

    xG 0.51–0.16 (77%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Alberts – Tanev4:19

    xG 0.15–0.03 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGCBJ 0.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #625 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 88% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

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

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