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Fri, Feb 7, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

SJS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ091814221
SJS213015119347

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23SJSJohn McCarthyAssists: James Sheppard · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:13SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Scott Hannan · Slap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:18CBJRyan JohansenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:11SJSTommy WingelsGWGAssists: Jason Demers, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Backhand, 0.45 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:45CBJBoone JennerAssists: Nathan Horton, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:21SJSAdam Burish: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 16:39SJSPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:28CBJJack Johnson: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 3:28CBJJack Johnson: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:29SJSMartin Havlat: Interference2 min
  6. P2 8:57CBJJames Wisniewski: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 15:26CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  8. P2 17:44SJSBracken Kearns: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 14:45CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Cross checking2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJSJS
21Shots on goal47
1.8Expected goals4.0
50Shot attempts74
28Faceoffs won40
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits23
13Blocked shots17
5Giveaways6
1Takeaways9

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. bestHorton – Johansen – Jenner8:11

    xG 0.53–0.32 (63%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Umberger – Foligno – Anisimov7:29

    xG 0.18–0.36 (34%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Foligno – Johansen2:15

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Letestu – Tropp5:45

    xG 0.15–0.49 (24%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Johnson11:43

    xG 0.50–0.59 (46%)attempts 17–13goals 2–1

  2. Wisniewski – Murray12:41

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 3–19goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Savard12:53

    xG 0.28–1.42 (17%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHavlat – Pavelski – Wingels8:13

    xG 1.35–0.16 (89%)attempts 16–2goals 1–0

  2. Kearns – Sheppard – McCarthy9:33

    xG 0.70–0.23 (75%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Burish – Brown – Desjardins7:05

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers9:08

    xG 1.42–0.05 (96%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Demers2:04

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Braun8:20

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

SJS 4.0 xGCBJ 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #752 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

SJS winsCBJ wins

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

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