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Sat, Nov 9, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 72% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1917010226
CBJ12114313529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:25CBJBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Mark Letestu, Fedor Tyutin · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:25NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Eric Boulton, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:27CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:30NYIThomas HickeyAssists: John Tavares, Matt Donovan · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:27CBJR.J. UmbergerPPGWGAssists: James Wisniewski, Ryan Johansen · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:24CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Ryan Johansen, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:52CBJJames WisniewskiENAssists: Sergei Bobrovsky, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:31NYIEvgeni Nabokov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:57CBJBlake Comeau: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:14NYIPeter Regin: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:37NYIMichael Grabner: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:45CBJArtem Anisimov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:45NYIMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:15NYITravis Hamonic: Slashing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
26Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals3.2
44Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won37
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
20Hits30
13Blocked shots9
0Giveaways2
1Takeaways3

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBoulton – Regin – Martin4:30

    xG 0.22–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Grabner – Bailey4:32

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bouchard – Okposo – Tavares11:48

    xG 0.36–0.53 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas3:48

    xG 0.03–0.43 (6%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Hamonic6:20

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic9:10

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Ness2:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Johansen11:40

    xG 0.66–0.18 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Boll – Collins – Chaput8:00

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu9:35

    xG 0.27–0.16 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Umberger – Anisimov11:01

    xG 0.19–0.61 (23%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray15:00

    xG 0.85–0.07 (92%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Nikitin – Prout15:56

    xG 0.55–0.75 (42%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  3. Tyutin – Johnson14:07

    xG 0.14–0.45 (23%)attempts 9–10goals 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 3.2 xGNYI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #482 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 72% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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