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Tue, Apr 1, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Colorado Avalanche 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL08092714328
CBJ052120801226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:52CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:59CBJBlake ComeauAssists: Nick Foligno, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:46COLBrad MaloneAssists: Marc-Andre Cliche, Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:03COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:27COLGabriel LandeskogPPGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:21CBJDerek MacKenzie: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:21COLBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 8:08COLJohn Mitchell: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 11:35COLJohn Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  5. OT 2:39CBJArtem Anisimov: Holding2 min · PPG

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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCBJ
28Shots on goal26
1.4Expected goals2.3
46Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
31Hits52
13Blocked shots11
8Giveaways6
5Takeaways12

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Landeskog – MacKinnon3:13

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Talbot – Bordeleau – McLeod2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – O'Reilly – MacKinnon10:47

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Bordeleau – Carey – Malone3:34

    xG 0.09–0.14 (38%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Barrie3:46

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Holden – Barrie2:26

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Barrie2:48

    xG 0.03–0.11 (20%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestLetestu – Johansen – Jenner16:26

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Foligno – Anisimov4:55

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 1–1

  3. MacKenzie – Comeau – Boll3:21

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Anisimov – Tropp7:16

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Wisniewski19:34

    xG 1.11–0.17 (87%)attempts 20–5goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Savard12:32

    xG 0.42–0.23 (64%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Prout19:26

    xG 0.41–0.58 (42%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

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 xGCOL 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #341 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 69% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

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

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