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Thu, Mar 13, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

San Jose Sharks 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 63% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS1110728011427
CBJ19116111020338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:28CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Boone Jenner, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:53SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Logan Couture · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:05CBJR.J. UmbergerSHAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:15SJSMatt NietoAssists: Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:56SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:02CBJJames WisniewskiAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Matt Calvert · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Mark Letestu stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
  4. 4. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  5. 5. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:57CBJR.J. Umberger: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:22CBJDavid Savard: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 13:10SJSMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 5:39CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:53SJSJoe Thornton: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 18:31SJSBrent Burns: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCBJ
27Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals2.6
45Shot attempts71
33Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits48
18Blocked shots12
5Giveaways3
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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Nieto13:36

    xG 0.84–0.52 (62%)attempts 13–18goals 2–1

  2. Burish – Brown – Desjardins4:50

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

  3. Havlat – Sheppard – Wingels11:53

    xG 0.13–0.35 (28%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers8:51

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Braun8:04

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 5–11goals 1–1

  3. Boyle – Irwin13:32

    xG 0.12–0.40 (24%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Johansen – Jenner13:38

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Umberger – Letestu – Atkinson10:55

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Tropp – Frattin5:17

    xG 0.03–0.01 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Dubinsky – Calvert12:23

    xG 0.65–0.82 (44%)attempts 20–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Savard5:18

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Wisniewski – Nikitin18:37

    xG 0.86–0.67 (56%)attempts 29–14goals 2–0

  3. Schultz – Prout5:39

    xG 0.21–0.04 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 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 2.6 xGSJS 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #106 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.43 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 63% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

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

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