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Thu, Apr 25, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ112010213335
DAL01011507132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:19CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Blake Comeau, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:43DALJamie BennPPAssists: Erik Cole, Ray Whitney · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:56CBJMark LetestuPPGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:20CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Jack Johnson, Dalton Prout · Wrist, 0.44 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:54CBJDalton Prout: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:54DALEric Nystrom: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:21CBJBlake Comeau: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 12:17DALStephane Robidas: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 16:15DALLane MacDermid: Interference2 min
  6. P2 1:47DALJamie Benn: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 1:47CBJVinny Prospal: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 7:36CBJRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 11:51DALLane MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 11:51CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 12:42CBJAdrian Aucoin: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 7:53DALStephane Robidas: Interference2 min · PPG
  13. P3 17:11DALEric Nystrom: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
35Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals3.4
50Shot attempts73
36Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
18Penalty minutes20
35Hits29
25Blocked shots7
5Giveaways14
4Takeaways14

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. bestComeau – Dubinsky – Atkinson10:47

    xG 1.12–0.30 (79%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Boll – Gillies4:21

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen11:26

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Gaborik – Letestu10:20

    xG 0.74–1.07 (41%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Wisniewski15:13

    xG 1.43–0.86 (62%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Prout14:35

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Erixon3:45

    xG 0.02–0.45 (5%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Fiddler – Nystrom9:47

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn13:21

    xG 0.63–0.55 (53%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Wandell – Smith – MacDermid4:38

    xG 0.05–0.06 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt7:23

    xG 0.88–0.94 (48%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Daley11:38

    xG 1.29–0.75 (63%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Larsen – Benn14:28

    xG 0.39–0.53 (43%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Dillon16:53

    xG 0.89–1.19 (43%)attempts 20–12goals 0–1

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.

DAL 3.4 xGCBJ 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #419 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 51% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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