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Mon, Dec 1, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Florida Panthers 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 67% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0611009125
CBJ1407112223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:07CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Michael Chaput, Jordan Leopold · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:23FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Brad Boyes, Sean Bergenheim · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:05CBJBoone JennerGWGAssists: Kerby Rychel · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:32CBJJack Johnson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:49CBJMatt Calvert: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:29CBJKerby Rychel: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:08FLADylan Olsen: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 8:11FLASean Bergenheim: High sticking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACBJ
25Shots on goal23
1.5Expected goals2.3
55Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits39
6Blocked shots20
5Giveaways4
6Takeaways7

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Hayes – Trocheck7:48

    xG 0.55–0.27 (68%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Bergenheim – Pirri3:50

    xG 0.11–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Bergenheim – Barkov8:14

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Bjugstad – Huberdeau9:26

    xG 0.11–0.20 (34%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Olsen – Gudbranson13:30

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Ekblad2:07

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad13:32

    xG 0.30–0.64 (32%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Foligno – Johansen13:58

    xG 0.60–0.32 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Skille – Calvert – Chaput10:33

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Cracknell – Boll – Gibbons4:56

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Jenner – Rychel9:01

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeopold – Savard16:59

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Prout16:01

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton13:26

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 9–16goals 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 2.3 xGFLA 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #860 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 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 67% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

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

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