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Tue, Dec 3, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01006010026
CBJ0411304121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:30CBJNick FolignoGWGAssists: Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:16CBJCorey Tropp: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 11:15TBLTeddy Purcell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 15:14CBJJack Johnson: Tripping2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCBJ
26Shots on goal21
1.4Expected goals1.9
42Shot attempts44
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits42
10Blocked shots9
2Giveaways1
5Takeaways6

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. St. Louis – Filppula – Purcell11:20

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. St. Louis – Purcell – Killorn4:41

    xG 0.03–0.02 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Thompson – Tyrell3:54

    xG 0.01–0.03 (28%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Tyrell – Johnson – Palat2:16

    xG 0.00–0.03 (15%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Hedman6:01

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sustr3:30

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Aulie10:23

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Dubinsky – Calvert11:50

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Atkinson – Jenner10:01

    xG 0.17–0.10 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Letestu – Tropp6:21

    xG 0.03–0.01 (72%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen14:51

    xG 0.39–0.46 (46%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray16:19

    xG 0.67–0.14 (83%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Prout15:05

    xG 0.46–0.19 (71%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson19:30

    xG 0.22–0.78 (22%)attempts 10–19goals 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 1.9 xGTBL 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1212 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 61% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).