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Sat, Jan 17, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1908214331
BOS11308014135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: Jack Johnson, Scott Hartnell · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:34BOSCarl SoderbergAssists: Loui Eriksson, Chris Kelly · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:57CBJMatt CalvertGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Brandon Dubinsky · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:22CBJMatt CalvertENAssists: Ryan Johansen, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.58 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:27BOSDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:56BOSDougie Hamilton: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:28CBJScott Hartnell: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:29CBJNick Foligno: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:06BOSChris Kelly: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Soderberg won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
31Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals2.5
53Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
33Hits24
15Blocked shots13
6Giveaways10
5Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Dubinsky – Anderson11:59

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Calvert – Atkinson – Wennberg8:23

    xG 0.13–0.11 (52%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Boll – Letestu – Tropp5:36

    xG 0.07–0.20 (26%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Morin – Johansen12:41

    xG 0.43–0.81 (34%)attempts 11–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Prout13:47

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Savard17:53

    xG 0.27–0.77 (26%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton16:27

    xG 0.62–1.26 (33%)attempts 14–23goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestPaille – Bergeron – Smith7:31

    xG 0.88–0.01 (99%)attempts 19–3goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg12:48

    xG 0.60–0.24 (71%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Krejci – Lucic – Pastrnak11:44

    xG 0.62–0.49 (56%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  4. Paille – Caron – Cunningham2:12

    xG 0.01–0.02 (33%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug11:58

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton13:59

    xG 0.80–0.46 (64%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – McQuaid17:45

    xG 0.86–0.57 (60%)attempts 16–18goals 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.

BOS 2.5 xGCBJ 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #847 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 52% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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