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Sat, Apr 11, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, New York Islanders 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ110010312052537
NYI020111316051452

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:50CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Boone Jenner, David Savard · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:02NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Josh Bailey, Nikolay Kulemin · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:52NYIEric BoultonAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:47NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Kyle Okposo, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:37CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Kevin Connauton, Cody Goloubef · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:11CBJAlexander WennbergAssists: Marko Dano, Scott Hartnell · Snap, 0.35 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:36NYINikolay KuleminAssists: John Tavares, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.42 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:25CBJScott HartnellAssists: Artem Anisimov, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.12 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI John Tavares scored
  2. 2. CBJ Mark Letestu stopped
  3. 3. NYI Kyle Okposo stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
  5. 5. NYI Nikolay Kulemin stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Alexander Wennberg scored
  7. 7. NYI Cal Clutterbuck stopped
  8. 8. CBJ Cam Atkinson scored
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:12CBJJack Johnson: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 5:12NYIEric Boulton: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:12NYIEric Boulton: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 6:23CBJRyan Johansen: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 6:23NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 10:47CBJDavid Savard: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 14:43CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 19:14CBJDalton Prout: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 19:14NYIEric Boulton: Fighting5 min · PPG
  10. P1 19:38NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 4:05NYIKyle Okposo: Hooking2 min
  12. P2 14:52CBJDavid Savard: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 4:21CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 4:21NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 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 Bailey
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
37Shots on goal52
4.4Expected goals6.2
66Shot attempts90
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
17Penalty minutes17
22Hits30
21Blocked shots15
12Giveaways22
16Takeaways15

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. bestHartnell – Dano – Wennberg9:14

    xG 0.86–0.38 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Letestu – Calvert – Morin8:56

    xG 0.21–0.53 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Johansen – Jenner6:23

    xG 0.28–1.34 (17%)attempts 4–13goals 0–2

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Anisimov10:03

    xG 0.27–1.35 (17%)attempts 7–15goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard17:31

    xG 1.58–1.17 (58%)attempts 24–22goals 0–2

  2. Goloubef – Connauton10:00

    xG 0.30–0.90 (25%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. Tyutin – Prout14:08

    xG 0.17–2.02 (8%)attempts 8–23goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Kulemin – Tavares12:05

    xG 1.70–0.30 (85%)attempts 24–13goals 2–0

  2. Boulton – Kennedy – Cizikas6:10

    xG 0.85–0.27 (76%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Bailey6:48

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Nelson – Strome9:11

    xG 0.35–0.56 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy13:24

    xG 2.08–0.46 (82%)attempts 24–9goals 2–0

  2. Strait – de Haan14:26

    xG 1.55–1.21 (56%)attempts 21–18goals 2–0

  3. Visnovsky – Hickey13:32

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

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 6.2 xGCBJ 4.4 xG
0246P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 98/100 · #22 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.03 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 74% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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