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Fri, Apr 11, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ014113111238
TBL0831103322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:55TBLOndrej PalatPPAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:46CBJBoone JennerPPAssists: Jack Johnson, Ryan Johansen · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:54TBLEric BrewerAssists: Cedric Paquette · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:06TBLEric BrewerGWGAssists: Michael Kostka, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:37CBJDavid SavardAssists: Boone Jenner, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:05TBLMatt Carle: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:27CBJJack Johnson: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 2:37CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:42CBJBoone Jenner: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:52TBLRichard Panik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:51TBLRichard Panik: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:51CBJCorey Tropp: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 2:51TBLRichard Panik: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTBL
38Shots on goal22
2.7Expected goals1.6
68Shot attempts45
25Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits21
7Blocked shots19
3Giveaways9
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. bestDubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson12:16

    xG 0.68–0.27 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Johansen – Jenner10:37

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Boll – Letestu – Tropp6:05

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Skille – Anisimov9:33

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson16:26

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard2:17

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  3. Wisniewski – Murray14:18

    xG 0.11–0.20 (36%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Johnson – Palat8:22

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Kucherov – Brown – Paquette5:06

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Pyatt – Killorn8:09

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Panik6:26

    xG 0.17–0.23 (43%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Sustr4:52

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Sustr6:29

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Kostka8:30

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

TBL 1.6 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #705 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 70% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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