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Thu, Mar 28, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ21218110430
EDM182839625

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:10CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Matt Calvert · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:04CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Cam Atkinson, Artem Anisimov · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:09EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Sam Gagner · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:39EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:34CBJArtem AnisimovAssists: Nikita Nikitin · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:05EDMShawn HorcoffAssists: Nail Yakupov, Ryan Jones · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 0:27CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Artem Anisimov · Snap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 3:06EDMCorey PotterAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Sam Gagner · Slap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. P3 16:52EDMAles HemskyGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.13 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:18EDMSam GagnerENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.50 xG4–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:03CBJArtem Anisimov: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:52CBJSean Collins: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:10EDMMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:10CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:30EDMLennart Petrell: Interference2 min
  6. P3 8:36EDMMagnus Paajarvi: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJEDM
30Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts49
36Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
24Hits28
16Blocked shots17
9Giveaways17
3Takeaways9

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. bestAnisimov – Calvert – Atkinson12:34

    xG 1.07–0.06 (95%)attempts 23–4goals 4–1

  2. MacKenzie – Umberger – Boll3:11

    xG 0.02–0.09 (20%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  3. Umberger – Collins – Johansen10:31

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Brassard – Letestu10:35

    xG 0.46–0.65 (41%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Erixon2:17

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Prout12:22

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Wisniewski14:18

    xG 0.76–0.72 (51%)attempts 16–9goals 4–3

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi10:48

    xG 0.47–0.17 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 3–2

  2. Smyth – Brown – Petrell7:32

    xG 0.30–0.12 (72%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:26

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  4. Horcoff – Jones – Yakupov10:41

    xG 0.31–0.61 (34%)attempts 4–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Potter2:24

    xG 0.01–0.01 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Potter10:55

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Whitney – Schultz4:36

    xG 0.06–0.10 (37%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGCBJ 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #12 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.62 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

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

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