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Tue, Mar 24, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Anaheim Ducks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA212114014340
CBJ11031215527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:11ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Kyle Palmieri · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:21ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Nate Thompson · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:35CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, Jack Johnson · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:41CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Cam Atkinson · Tip-in, 0.47 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:05ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Corey Perry, James Wisniewski · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 10:37CBJScott HartnellAssists: William Karlsson, Marko Dano · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P2 11:48CBJNick FolignoGWGAssists: Jeremy Morin, Artem Anisimov · Slap, 0.21 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:23CBJScott HartnellENAssists: Cam Atkinson, David Savard · Wrap-around, 0.68 xG3–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:13CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:57CBJArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:04ANASimon Despres: Holding2 min
  4. P1 15:08ANAKyle Palmieri: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:01CBJDavid Savard: Charging2 min
  6. P1 18:13ANAJames Wisniewski: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 5:32CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 5:32ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 7:55CBJFedor Tyutin: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 18:34ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 18:34CBJDalton Prout: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 19:18CBJDavid Savard: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 19:18ANACorey Perry: Embellishment2 min
  14. P3 3:33CBJKevin Connauton: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACBJ
40Shots on goal27
3.4Expected goals3.6
73Shot attempts34
35Faceoffs won38
5Power plays3
18Penalty minutes22
20Hits27
5Blocked shots12
1Giveaways1
2Takeaways1

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Beleskey – Palmieri9:43

    xG 0.92–0.10 (91%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell3:01

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Cogliano – Silfverberg7:35

    xG 0.17–0.33 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Fleischmann – Rakell – Sekac5:13

    xG 0.20–0.60 (25%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Vatanen9:42

    xG 0.75–0.24 (76%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Vatanen2:19

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Wisniewski – Despres12:04

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Johansen – Jenner10:36

    xG 0.78–0.19 (81%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Anisimov – Morin8:08

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. Boll – Letestu – Tropp5:35

    xG 0.02–0.25 (6%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Karlsson – Dano9:14

    xG 0.48–0.75 (39%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard17:53

    xG 1.10–0.80 (58%)attempts 12–18goals 2–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout12:38

    xG 0.71–0.58 (55%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Goloubef – Connauton12:05

    xG 0.29–0.57 (34%)attempts 5–15goals 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.

CBJ 3.6 xGANA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 83/100 · #181 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 55% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (CBJ − ANA), 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).