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Tue, Oct 27, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ020636314
NJD080719124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 9:03CBJBoone JennerAssists: David Clarkson, Gregory Campbell · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:38CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:47CBJScott HartnellUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 17:32NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Travis Zajac · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:41CBJFedor Tyutin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:15CBJRene Bourque: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:26NJDJon Merrill: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:54CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:53CBJJack Johnson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:53NJDStephen Gionta: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 1:39NJDJohn Moore: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:43NJDJohn Moore: Interference2 min
  9. P3 16:15CBJDavid Savard: Holding the stick2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNJD
14Shots on goal24
1.1Expected goals1.8
25Shot attempts40
18Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits24
5Blocked shots5
5Giveaways9
5Takeaways4

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 – Dubinsky – Atkinson5:01

    xG 0.27–0.16 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 2–0

  2. Calvert – Jenner – Karlsson7:35

    xG 0.01–0.02 (45%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg4:41

    xG 0.07–0.07 (48%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Atkinson – Wennberg4:00

    xG 0.03–0.07 (25%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Savard15:08

    xG 0.40–0.43 (49%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout12:22

    xG 0.02–0.10 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Goloubef – Murray13:39

    xG 0.36–0.72 (33%)attempts 7–13goals 2–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique11:19

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Tlusty – Palmieri8:59

    xG 0.19–0.04 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – O'Neill – Kalinin2:22

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Josefson – O'Neill7:33

    xG 0.18–0.26 (41%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson12:49

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 10–1goals 0–1

  2. Schlemko – Gelinas5:59

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Gelinas – Merrill2:13

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

NJD 1.8 xGCBJ 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1013 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

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

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