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Sat, Jan 31, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ07016112135
TBL18011215334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:36TBLBrett ConnollyAssists: Brenden Morrow, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:02TBLCedric PaquetteGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:43TBLValtteri FilppulaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:34CBJRyan JohansenAssists: David Savard, Ryan Murray · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:07CBJJack Johnson: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:18CBJJames Wisniewski: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:20CBJCorey Tropp: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 12:56TBLAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:28TBLBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:28CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 1:56CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Interference2 min
  8. P3 4:28TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:15TBLAnton Stralman: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:56CBJJack Johnson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:56TBLBrian Boyle: 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTBL
35Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals3.2
55Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
12Penalty minutes10
15Hits15
18Blocked shots9
3Giveaways9
8Takeaways3

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. bestFoligno – Atkinson – Johansen10:01

    xG 0.53–0.43 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Dubinsky – Tropp8:59

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Anisimov – Wennberg7:06

    xG 0.05–0.49 (9%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Johnson9:04

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Murray12:54

    xG 0.38–0.57 (40%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton8:19

    xG 0.28–0.92 (23%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Paquette – Drouin6:30

    xG 0.85–0.09 (90%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov9:02

    xG 0.52–0.29 (65%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Boyle – Connolly5:28

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Stamkos10:18

    xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman4:49

    xG 0.96–0.20 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Witkowski4:43

    xG 0.42–0.06 (87%)attempts 11–2goals 2–0

  3. Barberio – Sustr10:10

    xG 0.40–0.10 (81%)attempts 14–4goals 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.

TBL 3.2 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1008 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

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

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