Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Feb 14, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ21117019337
NYI217117312646

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Anders Lee, John Tavares · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:21NYIJosh BaileyAssists: John Tavares, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:45CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Matt Calvert, Fedor Tyutin · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:28CBJCam AtkinsonUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:02NYIRyan StromeAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:28CBJNick FolignoAssists: Scott Hartnell, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:54NYIFrans NielsenGWGAssists: Thomas Hickey, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
  8. P3 7:08NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Anders Lee, Brian Strait · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–5
  9. P3 11:15NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Josh Bailey, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.09 xG3–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:19NYITravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 9:19CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:19CBJScott Hartnell: Kneeing2 min
  4. P1 12:33NYIBrock Nelson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 16:49CBJCorey Tropp: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 3:24CBJJames Wisniewski: Interference2 min
  7. P2 7:21NYITravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 7:21CBJScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 7:21CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 17:25NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 9:04NYIJohn Tavares: Interference2 min
  12. P3 12:22NYIFrans Nielsen: Interference2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
37Shots on goal46
3.4Expected goals5.2
71Shot attempts72
35Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
29Hits36
18Blocked shots20
9Giveaways21
10Takeaways14

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. Hartnell – Foligno – Johansen8:39

    xG 0.67–0.74 (48%)attempts 16–8goals 1–2

  2. Skille – Anisimov – Wennberg6:14

    xG 0.21–0.53 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–2

  3. Boll – Letestu – Tropp7:08

    xG 0.05–0.52 (9%)attempts 1–13goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson9:59

    xG 0.34–0.89 (28%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Savard14:08

    xG 0.41–0.77 (35%)attempts 13–13goals 0–3

  2. Tyutin – Goloubef11:42

    xG 0.39–0.91 (30%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  3. Wisniewski – Connauton13:38

    xG 0.71–2.05 (26%)attempts 18–24goals 1–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee10:20

    xG 1.35–0.33 (80%)attempts 17–9goals 4–0

  2. Nielsen – Grabovski – Strome7:31

    xG 0.89–0.51 (64%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Nelson8:57

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas10:13

    xG 0.42–0.56 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey13:00

    xG 1.33–0.14 (91%)attempts 20–6goals 2–0

  2. Strait – Hamonic12:43

    xG 1.24–0.82 (60%)attempts 14–19goals 3–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy13:38

    xG 0.73–0.40 (64%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

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.

NYI 5.2 xGCBJ 3.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #134 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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