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Tue, Nov 12, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Washington Capitals 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ012182502327
WSH0711321212434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:50CBJBrandon DubinskySHAssists: Mark Letestu · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:00WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Martin Erat, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:56WSHJoel WardSHAssists: Alexander Urbom, Brooks Laich · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:22CBJJared BollAssists: James Wisniewski, Sean Collins · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:19CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:15WSHMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Jason Chimera, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:34WSHAlex OvechkinGWGAssists: Marcus Johansson, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:07WSHSteve Oleksy: Interference2 min
  2. P2 6:03CBJSergei Bobrovsky: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 11:24CBJBlake Comeau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 18:45CBJDerek MacKenzie: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 5:11WSHJoel Ward: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:06WSHMike Green: Closing hand on puck2 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 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Johansson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWSH
27Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts57
36Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits25
17Blocked shots18
6Giveaways9
6Takeaways5

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. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Johansen11:17

    xG 0.66–0.11 (86%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Comeau – Letestu – Collins2:03

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Boll – Collins – Chaput5:01

    xG 0.11–0.21 (33%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Gaborik – Umberger – Anisimov10:03

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson17:19

    xG 0.83–0.58 (59%)attempts 17–17goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Prout12:16

    xG 0.32–0.37 (47%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Wisniewski – Murray17:39

    xG 0.43–0.49 (47%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ward – Grabovski11:48

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Latta – Volpatti – Wilson4:07

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Erat – Ovechkin – Backstrom13:10

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  4. Laich – Brouwer – Johansson14:26

    xG 0.17–0.36 (32%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlzner – Carlson18:55

    xG 0.70–0.54 (56%)attempts 22–20goals 1–0

  2. Green – Schmidt15:42

    xG 0.50–0.40 (56%)attempts 16–10goals 1–2

  3. Urbom – Oleksy11:24

    xG 0.17–0.36 (32%)attempts 5–10goals 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.

WSH 2.2 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #62 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.70 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsCBJ wins

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

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