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Tue, Oct 14, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 64% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21409212435
CBJ08216011235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:36DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Colton Sceviour · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:20DALJamie BennUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:17CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Cam Atkinson, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:22CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:16DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Alex Goligoski · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:59DALTyler SeguinENAssists: Cody Eakin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.66 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:50DALErik Cole: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:33DALKari Lehtonen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 9:03DALRyan Garbutt: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:15DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:55CBJScott Hartnell: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:47DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 19:47CBJNick Foligno: Fighting5 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
35Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won42
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
20Hits27
11Blocked shots13
0Giveaways5
1Takeaways9

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. bestBenn – Sceviour – Seguin12:54

    xG 0.75–0.41 (65%)attempts 19–10goals 3–0

  2. Cole – Sceviour – Seguin2:13

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:20

    xG 0.13–0.28 (32%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Horcoff – Fiddler7:08

    xG 0.05–0.29 (14%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon17:38

    xG 0.64–0.44 (59%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski17:04

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  3. Connauton – Nemeth9:23

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Atkinson – Johansen13:13

    xG 0.70–0.37 (66%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Skille – Boll – Chaput3:03

    xG 0.25–0.02 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Anisimov – Wennberg8:40

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–3

  4. Boll – Chaput – Dano3:30

    xG 0.01–0.08 (11%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Erixon15:13

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout16:26

    xG 0.60–0.47 (56%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard16:24

    xG 0.61–0.59 (51%)attempts 12–20goals 0–3

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 3.2 xGDAL 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #381 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 64% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

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