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Tue, Mar 10, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 76% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ1131619041432
CAR31307011010332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36CARJustin FaulkAssists: Nathan Gerbe, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:47CARVictor RaskPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:05CBJRene BourquePPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Brandon Dubinsky · Deflected, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:50CAREric StaalPPAssists: Ryan Murphy, Justin Faulk · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 2:21CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:10CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Mark Letestu stopped
  2. 2. CAR Elias Lindholm stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Artem Anisimov stopped
  4. 4. CAR Victor Rask stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Ryan Johansen scored
  6. 6. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:33CARBrad Malone: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:40CBJFedor Tyutin: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:40CARNathan Gerbe: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:24CARRon Hainsey: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:41CBJMarko Dano: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:27CARRiley Nash: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:58CBJCody Goloubef: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 8:13CBJRene Bourque: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 5:08CARJustin Faulk: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
32Shots on goal32
4.1Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts64
32Faceoffs won38
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
51Hits33
16Blocked shots15
10Giveaways13
5Takeaways8

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. bestBourque – Atkinson – Johansen10:42

    xG 1.13–0.25 (82%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  2. Hartnell – Dano – Wennberg12:16

    xG 0.52–0.06 (89%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Boll – Letestu – Adam5:37

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Anisimov – Tropp7:27

    xG 0.16–0.75 (17%)attempts 2–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Prout15:08

    xG 1.05–0.49 (68%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Goloubef – Connauton11:47

    xG 0.23–0.30 (44%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard18:00

    xG 0.67–0.83 (44%)attempts 15–23goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Rask – Lindholm11:02

    xG 0.75–0.47 (61%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Nash – Skinner9:44

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Dwyer – Malone7:41

    xG 0.06–0.20 (24%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Staal – Nestrasil10:31

    xG 0.44–0.88 (33%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bellemore – Jordan13:15

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Rissanen – Murphy12:13

    xG 0.41–0.47 (46%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Bellemore – Rissanen2:51

    xG 0.02–0.09 (14%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

CAR 2.4 xGCBJ 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #261 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 76% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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