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Sun, Mar 31, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Anaheim Ducks 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 53% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA070511701130
CBJ09140114218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:34CBJDerick BrassardAssists: Mark Letestu, Vinny Prospal · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:55ANAEmerson EtemAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Bryan Allen · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:00CBJMark LetestuGWGAssists: Nikita Nikitin, Dalton Prout · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:04CBJAdrian Aucoin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:40ANADavid Steckel: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  3. P2 6:43CBJFedor Tyutin: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACBJ
30Shots on goal18
1.6Expected goals1.6
54Shot attempts34
29Faceoffs won34
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
28Hits21
7Blocked shots14
1Giveaways7
5Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:50

    xG 0.60–0.34 (63%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Palmieri – Etem4:23

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Winnik4:44

    xG 0.07–0.03 (71%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Steckel – Staubitz – Etem4:00

    xG 0.05–0.01 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Fowler17:05

    xG 0.61–0.28 (69%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Souray – Beauchemin16:26

    xG 0.20–0.20 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Sbisa17:14

    xG 0.42–0.48 (47%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Brassard – Letestu12:56

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  2. Umberger – Drazenovic – Johansen5:48

    xG 0.07–0.04 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. MacKenzie – Drazenovic – Gillies3:03

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Letestu – Calvert2:06

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Wisniewski15:04

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Nikitin – Prout12:50

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson16:58

    xG 0.38–0.65 (37%)attempts 10–22goals 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 1.6 xGANA 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #409 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 53% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

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

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