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Thu, Apr 2, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 60% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI16110112000328
CBJ1909214072439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:54NYIEric BoultonAssists: Casey Cizikas, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:06CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Dalton Prout, Artem Anisimov · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:03NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Nick Leddy · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:55NYIRyan StromeAssists: Travis Hamonic, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:08CBJJack JohnsonAssists: Nick Foligno, Scott Hartnell · Tip-in, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:17CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Cam Atkinson, David Savard · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Mark Letestu scored
  2. 2. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Ryan Johansen scored
  4. 4. NYI Kyle Okposo stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:54NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 15:47CBJBoone Jenner: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 18:00CBJCody Goloubef: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. OT 0:22NYIJohnny Boychuk: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
28Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals3.0
47Shot attempts67
30Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits24
17Blocked shots9
1Giveaways5
3Takeaways6

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestKulemin – Tavares – Strome12:39

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 2–1

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey13:22

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Lee – Nelson7:43

    xG 0.18–0.32 (35%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas7:50

    xG 0.41–0.68 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy15:36

    xG 0.87–0.27 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey16:44

    xG 0.52–0.72 (42%)attempts 12–14goals 0–2

  3. Strait – Hamonic17:03

    xG 0.63–0.88 (42%)attempts 8–26goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Morin – Wennberg13:09

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Boll – Letestu – Calvert6:11

    xG 0.13–0.11 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Johansen – Jenner13:03

    xG 0.50–0.58 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Anisimov12:54

    xG 0.33–0.49 (40%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoloubef – Connauton15:24

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout18:05

    xG 0.28–0.56 (33%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Savard17:13

    xG 0.91–1.20 (43%)attempts 17–16goals 2–2

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 3.0 xGNYI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #145 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 60% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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