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Sun, Mar 23, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ08016017041
NYI1811509232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:26NYICal ClutterbuckGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen, Johan Sundstrom · Snap, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:08NYITravis HamonicPPAssists: Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 5:52NYIMatt Donovan: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:18NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:18CBJFedor Tyutin: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:53CBJNick Foligno: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:34CBJDerek MacKenzie: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:15NYIMatt Donovan: Holding2 min
  7. P2 18:22CBJFedor Tyutin: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:15NYIKyle Okposo: Holding2 min
  9. P3 7:06CBJBlake Comeau: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 7:06NYIMike Halmo: Instigator2 min
  11. P3 7:06NYIMike Halmo: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 7:06NYIMike Halmo: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 8:41CBJNikita Nikitin: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 14:07NYIMatt Donovan: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 18:10NYIKevin Czuczman: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against MacKenzie
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
41Shots on goal32
5.2Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts47
32Faceoffs won25
6Power plays4
15Penalty minutes29
26Hits27
2Blocked shots12
5Giveaways6
5Takeaways5

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 – Anisimov – Jenner2:27

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Foligno – Anisimov5:01

    xG 1.13–0.51 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu4:00

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Letestu – Atkinson2:21

    xG 0.24–0.07 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Wisniewski12:12

    xG 1.01–0.63 (62%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Savard10:39

    xG 1.14–0.79 (59%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Prout11:12

    xG 0.59–0.43 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Bailey – Nelson7:16

    xG 0.63–0.41 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas4:06

    xG 0.14–0.15 (49%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Cizikas – Sundstrom – Halmo3:35

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Lee9:15

    xG 0.28–0.63 (31%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Czuczman12:50

    xG 1.04–0.80 (56%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan11:18

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Carkner – Donovan10:51

    xG 0.36–1.95 (16%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

NYI 3.4 xGCBJ 5.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1197 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 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, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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