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Sat, Nov 15, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

San Jose Sharks 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 79% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS011110016137
CBJ11018010228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:17CBJDavid SavardAssists: Adam Cracknell, Artem Anisimov · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:39CBJCam AtkinsonPPGWGAssists: Jack Johnson, Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:05SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:39SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:07SJSAndrew Desjardins: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 11:17CBJScott Hartnell: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:14SJSMirco Mueller: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:00CBJAlexander Wennberg: High sticking double minor4 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCBJ
37Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals1.4
72Shot attempts39
22Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits28
9Blocked shots19
4Giveaways9
3Takeaways8

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestSheppard – Wingels – Hertl3:12

    xG 0.51–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Couture – Nieto11:16

    xG 0.63–0.28 (69%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Burish – Kennedy – Desjardins6:31

    xG 0.38–0.12 (76%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl8:16

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun13:55

    xG 1.15–0.06 (95%)attempts 22–3goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Mueller13:25

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Demers12:08

    xG 0.59–0.27 (69%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Cracknell – Anisimov – Wennberg11:21

    xG 0.07–0.09 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Johansen – Gibbons10:20

    xG 0.28–0.46 (38%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Atkinson – Jenner11:58

    xG 0.41–0.78 (34%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Tropp – Chaput6:18

    xG 0.06–0.48 (12%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Leopold – Prout2:04

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Wisniewski – Erixon10:44

    xG 0.39–0.73 (35%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Savard14:01

    xG 0.15–0.59 (20%)attempts 5–16goals 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.

CBJ 1.4 xGSJS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #997 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 79% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

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

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