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Tue, Mar 4, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL05012216233
CBJ3901110420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14CBJBoone JennerAssists: Ryan Johansen, Nathan Horton · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:29CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:00CBJArtem AnisimovPPGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:39DALAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:22DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Erik Cole · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:53CBJArtem AnisimovAssists: Dalton Prout, Marian Gaborik · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:33CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:51DALRyan Garbutt: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:58DALAntoine Roussel: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:30CBJNathan Horton: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 0:30CBJMatt Calvert: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:44CBJR.J. Umberger: Diving2 min
  7. P3 3:44DALBrenden Dillon: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
33Shots on goal20
2.1Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts38
27Faceoffs won39
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits27
9Blocked shots15
3Giveaways8
5Takeaways10

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Chiasson – Eakin10:30

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. Benn – Mueller – Seguin3:50

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Nichushkin3:00

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Mueller – Nichushkin2:14

    xG 0.07–0.01 (85%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Dillon3:56

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dillon15:55

    xG 0.23–0.13 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Daley3:03

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Johansen – Jenner12:05

    xG 0.25–0.05 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Foligno – Anisimov9:41

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  3. MacKenzie – Letestu – Calvert9:23

    xG 0.06–0.14 (31%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Dubinsky – Atkinson8:38

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 3–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Nikitin8:11

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Johnson4:15

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Goloubef6:27

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.3 xGDAL 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #406 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

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