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Wed, Apr 8, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 67% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR08015012035
CBJ31421306533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:51CBJArtem AnisimovGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:56CBJBoone JennerAssists: Ryan Johansen, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:00CBJScott HartnellAssists: Marko Dano · Snap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:30CBJRyan MurrayPPAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:34CBJJeremy MorinAssists: Mark Letestu, Cody Goloubef · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:27CBJJustin Falk: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:23TOREric Brewer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:21CBJScott Hartnell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 10:01CBJAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:19TORTim Erixon: Holding2 min
  6. P3 6:56CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCBJ
35Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts47
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
14Hits20
6Blocked shots12
3Giveaways6
7Takeaways11

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLindstrom – Kadri – Panik3:55

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Lindstrom – Booth – Kadri2:33

    xG 0.14–0.10 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Sill – Panik – Bailey2:09

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

  4. Booth – Sill – Bailey4:05

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestErixon – Rielly4:43

    xG 0.38–0.10 (80%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gardiner4:08

    xG 0.19–0.00 (98%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Rielly2:21

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Dano – Wennberg11:30

    xG 0.64–0.15 (81%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Letestu – Calvert – Morin9:00

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Atkinson – Johansen – Jenner10:17

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Anisimov10:06

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:10

    xG 1.08–0.62 (64%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Goloubef – Murray15:02

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Falk – Prout14:32

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 6–15goals 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.

CBJ 2.9 xGTOR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1192 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 67% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

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

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