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Mon, Nov 25, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Columbus Blue Jackets 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ272827622
TOR050706018

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:18CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Matt Calvert, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:38CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Mark Letestu, Ryan Murray · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:07CBJJack SkilleAssists: Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:25CBJRyan MurrayPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P3 9:05CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.05 xG5–0
  6. P3 11:24CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: Nick Foligno, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.11 xG6–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:11CBJNikita Nikitin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:20TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 9:28TORMark Fraser: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:28CBJDalton Prout: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 9:28TORMark Fraser: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 10:50TORDion Phaneuf: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P3 15:50TORNazem Kadri: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 15:50CBJMatt Calvert: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 16:27TORJames van Riemsdyk: High sticking2 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 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTOR
22Shots on goal18
2.2Expected goals0.9
52Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won24
4Power plays1
12Penalty minutes18
43Hits37
20Blocked shots15
10Giveaways18
6Takeaways6

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. bestUmberger – Comeau – Letestu9:06

    xG 0.30–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Johansen – Jenner12:17

    xG 0.09–0.16 (35%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Calvert – Atkinson10:27

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray14:56

    xG 0.58–0.14 (80%)attempts 14–12goals 3–0

  2. Prout – Savard7:28

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard2:37

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak3:12

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Raymond – Kulemin4:34

    xG 0.08–0.02 (81%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:49

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

  4. Lupul – Clarkson – Kadri6:05

    xG 0.11–0.30 (27%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Rielly3:03

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner13:01

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson11:34

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

TOR 0.9 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1155 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 77% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

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

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