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Mon, Apr 15, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 75% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ071921113430
COL071132705332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:57COLCody McLeodAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan O'Reilly · Backhand, 0.37 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:35CBJMark LetestuAssists: Vinny Prospal · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:32CBJBlake ComeauAssists: Derek MacKenzie, Jared Boll · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:21COLCody McLeodAssists: Tyson Barrie, Ryan O'Reilly · Tip-in, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:58COLJamie McGinnPPAssists: Stefan Elliott, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:33CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Ryan Johansen, Nick Foligno · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:31CBJNick FolignoGWGAssists: Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 13:17COLBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 13:17CBJJames Wisniewski: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 15:27CBJMarian Gaborik: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 17:34CBJNikita Nikitin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:02COLShane O'Brien: Elbowing2 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 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCOL
30Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals4.1
64Shot attempts73
40Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
18Hits18
20Blocked shots21
7Giveaways7
15Takeaways18

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. bestUmberger – Foligno – Johansen12:45

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Prospal – Gaborik – Letestu12:12

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson9:35

    xG 0.37–0.65 (36%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Comeau – Boll6:56

    xG 0.27–0.56 (32%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Prout4:19

    xG 0.29–0.01 (95%)attempts 9–1goals 2–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson13:05

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Johnson6:03

    xG 0.14–0.21 (40%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcLeod – O'Reilly – Landeskog14:48

    xG 1.56–0.38 (81%)attempts 21–10goals 2–0

  2. Parenteau – Mitchell – Duchene12:07

    xG 0.61–0.35 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Stastny – McGinn13:29

    xG 0.16–0.23 (42%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – Bordeleau – Malone5:51

    xG 0.36–0.70 (34%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Barrie18:03

    xG 1.72–0.70 (71%)attempts 24–23goals 2–1

  2. O'Brien – Hunwick14:12

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Elliott14:36

    xG 0.50–0.79 (39%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2

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.

COL 4.1 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #54 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.67 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 75% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

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

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