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Sat, Apr 27, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Nashville Predators 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 86% of the time.

CBJ winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH091605120
CBJ01408325347

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:29NSHShea WeberAssists: David Legwand, Joonas Rask · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:09CBJBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Marian Gaborik, Vinny Prospal · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:12CBJJack JohnsonGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Dalton Prout · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:30CBJCam AtkinsonENAssists: Blake Comeau, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.77 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:40NSHRich Clune: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:40CBJR.J. Umberger: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 2:14NSHHal Gill: Interference2 min
  4. P3 9:05NSHChris Mueller: Holding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHCBJ
20Shots on goal47
1.7Expected goals4.0
38Shot attempts73
17Faceoffs won41
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits28
12Blocked shots9
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Clune – Smith11:07

    xG 0.82–0.22 (79%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Mueller – Butler – Rask5:04

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Henderson – Forsberg10:57

    xG 0.38–0.63 (38%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  4. Kostitsyn – Spaling – Bang9:24

    xG 0.05–0.55 (9%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Blum12:25

    xG 0.84–0.55 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Josi19:06

    xG 0.49–0.71 (41%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  3. Klein – Bartley15:39

    xG 0.15–0.73 (17%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Gaborik – Letestu10:30

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 15–3goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Dubinsky – Atkinson11:32

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Prospal – Gaborik – Anisimov3:38

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Boll – Anisimov6:31

    xG 0.13–0.30 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Erixon12:55

    xG 0.63–0.17 (78%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Prout18:42

    xG 0.86–0.50 (63%)attempts 18–16goals 1–1

  3. Tyutin – Wisniewski19:30

    xG 0.71–0.96 (42%)attempts 21–15goals 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 4.0 xGNSH 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #491 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 86% of the time.

CBJ winsNSH wins

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

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