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Fri, Nov 21, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Boston Bruins 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS09012313071441
CBJ2110719010328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:52CBJRyan JohansenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:30CBJNick FolignoAssists: Jordan Leopold, Ryan Johansen · Deflected, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:28BOSDennis SeidenbergAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Chris Kelly · Slap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:33BOSMatt FraserAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Patrice Bergeron · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:32BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:47CBJJack JohnsonAssists: Ryan Johansen, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
  2. 2. BOS Reilly Smith stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  4. 4. BOS Seth Griffith stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Artem Anisimov stopped
  6. 6. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  7. 7. CBJ Boone Jenner stopped
  8. 8. BOS Carl Soderberg stopped
  9. 9. CBJ Nick Foligno stopped
  10. 10. BOS Torey Krug stopped
  11. 11. CBJ Alexander Wennberg stopped
  12. 12. BOS Loui Eriksson stopped
  13. 13. CBJ Matt Calvert stopped
  14. 14. BOS Alex Khokhlachev scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 10:34BOSMatt Bartkowski: Interference2 min
  2. P2 18:35CBJRyan Johansen: Holding2 min
  3. P3 4:31BOSMatt Bartkowski: Slashing2 min
  4. OT 5:00BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  5. OT 5:00BOSMilan Lucic: Game misconduct10 min
  6. OT 5:00CBJDalton Prout: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCBJ
41Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.9
70Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
16Penalty minutes4
36Hits38
12Blocked shots18
3Giveaways8
6Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Smith – Fraser9:47

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Bergeron – Lucic – Smith2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Gagne – Campbell – Paille11:51

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Khokhlachev – Griffith8:15

    xG 0.17–0.32 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartkowski – Miller10:27

    xG 0.63–0.14 (82%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  2. Bartkowski – Krug3:39

    xG 0.15–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Morrow2:34

    xG 0.12–0.05 (69%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Johansen – Jenner12:24

    xG 0.96–0.30 (76%)attempts 12–13goals 3–1

  2. Hartnell – Anisimov – Atkinson11:58

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  3. Skille – Calvert – Wennberg11:27

    xG 0.19–0.35 (36%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Cracknell – Boll – Gibbons7:32

    xG 0.13–0.38 (26%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Prout18:11

    xG 0.59–0.49 (55%)attempts 19–19goals 1–1

  2. Leopold – Savard17:30

    xG 0.83–0.75 (52%)attempts 16–23goals 1–0

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton13:35

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 1–2

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 2.9 xGBOS 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #147 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 55% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).