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Fri, Jan 10, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 58% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR07016013036
CBJ290817324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:00CBJBoone JennerGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:10CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Cam Atkinson, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:54CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Mark Letestu, Ryan Murray · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P3 2:17CARTuomo Ruutu: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P3 8:43CBJNikita Nikitin: Interference2 min
  3. P3 9:40CBJArtem Anisimov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 19:51CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 19:51CARNathan Gerbe: Roughing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
36Shots on goal24
2.1Expected goals1.7
52Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits32
11Blocked shots6
3Giveaways2
7Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Staal14:23

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Semin – Skinner3:21

    xG 0.06–0.06 (47%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Dvorak – Malhotra – Ruutu4:11

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Skinner – Lindholm9:24

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Faulk15:32

    xG 0.78–0.46 (63%)attempts 22–11goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Bellemore11:01

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Harrison16:32

    xG 0.30–0.52 (37%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Anisimov – Jenner15:19

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson12:38

    xG 0.44–0.34 (56%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen13:33

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  4. Craig – Letestu – Tropp4:40

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson18:18

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Murray18:16

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Savard13:19

    xG 0.34–0.39 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

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 1.7 xGCAR 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1179 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 58% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

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