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Sun, Nov 17, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1102715422
OTT05013112130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:50CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: Ryan Murray, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:13CBJR.J. UmbergerPPGWGAssists: Ryan Johansen, Fedor Tyutin · Tip-in, 0.36 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:07CBJFedor TyutinPPAssists: Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:27CBJDerek MacKenzieAssists: Mark Letestu, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.43 xG4–0
  5. P3 17:33OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Chris Phillips, Milan Michalek · Slap, 0.09 xG4–1
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 4:38OTTMarc Methot: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:03CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:10CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Holding2 min
  4. P2 4:05OTTMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:42CBJCam Atkinson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 10:10OTTEric Gryba: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:43OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 16:49CBJR.J. Umberger: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:44OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 5:44CBJJames Wisniewski: Instigator2 min
  11. P3 5:44CBJJames Wisniewski: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 5:44CBJJames Wisniewski: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 5:44OTTMark Borowiecki: Elbowing5 min
  14. P3 5:44OTTMark Borowiecki: Game misconduct10 min
  15. P3 15:56CBJMichael Chaput: Roughing2 min · PPG
  16. P3 17:13CBJDavid Savard: Holding2 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Letestu won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJOTT
22Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals2.1
46Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won32
5Power plays6
29Penalty minutes28
32Hits39
22Blocked shots12
8Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

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. bestMacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu6:56

    xG 0.87–0.18 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen7:40

    xG 0.13–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner9:23

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Anisimov – Chaput4:49

    xG 0.07–0.16 (32%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson12:40

    xG 1.17–0.14 (89%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Savard12:56

    xG 0.27–0.16 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Murray10:06

    xG 0.17–0.71 (19%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Grant – Zibanejad3:38

    xG 0.33–0.03 (92%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Conacher9:16

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Greening – Smith9:43

    xG 0.24–0.19 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Zibanejad2:16

    xG 0.04–0.01 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Borowiecki5:06

    xG 0.32–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Cowen10:05

    xG 0.15–0.42 (27%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson14:01

    xG 0.39–1.05 (27%)attempts 12–18goals 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.

OTT 2.1 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1030 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 57% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

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

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