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Thu, Feb 6, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Los Angeles Kings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 65% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ1100100500125
LAK020111512220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:40CBJJack JohnsonPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, James Wisniewski · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:09LAKJake MuzzinAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:33LAKRobyn RegehrGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:04LAKTyler Toffoli: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:29LAKMatt Frattin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 18:10CBJDavid Savard: Holding2 min
  4. P1 19:32LAKJustin Williams: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 3:30CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 5:16LAKDustin Brown: Charging2 min
  7. P2 9:21CBJR.J. Umberger: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 12:40CBJFedor Tyutin: Interference2 min
  9. P3 2:25CBJNikita Nikitin: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 2:40LAKSlava Voynov: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 4:00CBJRyan Johansen: Interference2 min
  12. P3 11:42LAKTyler Toffoli: 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 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJLAK
25Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts54
38Faceoffs won24
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes12
32Hits39
14Blocked shots9
9Giveaways20
2Takeaways3

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 – Calvert – Atkinson9:44

    xG 0.46–0.08 (85%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Letestu – Tropp5:13

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Anisimov7:17

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Johansen – Jenner10:09

    xG 0.28–0.49 (36%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson12:19

    xG 0.78–0.09 (89%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Wisniewski – Murray8:45

    xG 0.20–0.05 (81%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Wisniewski2:05

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

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFrattin – Clifford – Nolan2:22

    xG 0.34–0.04 (91%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Richards7:39

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – King – Nolan3:47

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Lewis – King2:48

    xG 0.02–0.07 (23%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty11:57

    xG 0.82–0.38 (68%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Voynov2:11

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Voynov10:59

    xG 0.08–0.25 (25%)attempts 4–7goals 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.

LAK 2.5 xGCBJ 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #689 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

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

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