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Sat, Oct 10, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ014012213239
NYR3151717529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:20NYROscar LindbergAssists: Kevin Hayes · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:12NYROscar LindbergAssists: J.T. Miller, Viktor Stalberg · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 5:48NYRDominic MooreGWGAssists: Jarret Stoll, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:12NYRDerick BrassardPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–4
  5. P3 1:26NYRDerek StepanAssists: Chris Kreider, Viktor Stalberg · Snap, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P3 4:35CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Nick Foligno · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–5
  7. P3 14:08CBJBoone JennerPPAssists: David Savard · Backhand, 0.27 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:19NYRDan Boyle: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:35NYRDominic Moore: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:09CBJRyan Murray: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 3:06NYRTanner Glass: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:04CBJBrandon Saad: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:14CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:14NYRViktor Stalberg: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:14CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:14NYRJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 14:08NYRRyan McDonagh: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYR
39Shots on goal29
5.0Expected goals4.1
68Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won34
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
32Hits32
5Blocked shots13
10Giveaways8
4Takeaways8

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. bestAtkinson – Saad – Karlsson2:23

    xG 1.01–0.18 (85%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  2. Dubinsky – Bourque – Jenner6:40

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Foligno – Johansen2:26

    xG 0.12–0.12 (49%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  4. Campbell – Boll – Calvert5:26

    xG 0.22–0.27 (44%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Connauton13:54

    xG 1.65–1.15 (59%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Tyutin – Prout2:38

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson14:57

    xG 0.72–0.86 (46%)attempts 15–8goals 1–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Moore – Glass8:00

    xG 0.76–0.27 (74%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello9:47

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Hayes8:57

    xG 0.54–0.89 (38%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Stalberg – Lindberg – Miller8:02

    xG 0.15–1.16 (11%)attempts 1–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Staal8:09

    xG 0.91–0.07 (93%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Yandle6:32

    xG 0.77–0.60 (56%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. Klein – Yandle9:32

    xG 0.39–0.49 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

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.

NYR 4.1 xGCBJ 5.0 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #471 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 63% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

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

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