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Fri, Oct 17, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Calgary Flames 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 62% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY06011214231
CBJ281909326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:59CBJJack SkilleAssists: Mark Letestu, Matt Calvert · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:21CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Cam Atkinson · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:55CBJMatt CalvertGWGAssists: Mark Letestu, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:21CGYMason RaymondAssists: Curtis Glencross, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:43CGYJosh JoorisAssists: Mark Giordano, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:41CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:05CGYBrian McGrattan: Interference2 min
  3. P1 9:04CBJCorey Tropp: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:04CGYLadislav Smid: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:44CBJJack Skille: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 1:48CBJArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:44CGYLance Bouma: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 15:04CBJMichael Chaput: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  9. P3 0:17CBJMatt Calvert: Charging2 min
  10. P3 8:12CGYMatt Stajan: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 13:46CGYMason Raymond: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Letestu won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCBJ
31Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won43
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
24Hits16
15Blocked shots16
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Glencross – Jooris2:44

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Glencross – Byron – Backlund5:37

    xG 0.03–0.06 (35%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Raymond – Byron – Backlund4:50

    xG 0.01–0.05 (15%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Monahan – Jooris6:07

    xG 0.09–0.18 (33%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Diaz3:22

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Wideman – Smid2:05

    xG 0.03–0.02 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Diaz7:39

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestSkille – Letestu – Calvert7:14

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  2. Hartnell – Anisimov – Wennberg7:18

    xG 0.55–0.06 (90%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Atkinson – Johansen7:41

    xG 0.58–0.17 (78%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Tropp – Chaput6:09

    xG 0.05–0.21 (18%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Erixon8:21

    xG 0.82–0.19 (81%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  2. Johnson – Savard16:09

    xG 0.86–0.30 (74%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Prout13:05

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 8–7goals 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.

CBJ 2.5 xGCGY 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #432 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 62% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

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

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