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Fri, Oct 30, 2015·Verizon Center, Washington

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 59% of the time.

WSH winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ010010110130
WSH0919110228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:16WSHJustin WilliamsAssists: Marcus Johansson, Karl Alzner · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:59WSHT.J. OshieGWGAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:45CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Boone Jenner, Kevin Connauton · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:13CBJMatt Calvert: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:47WSHTom Wilson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:32CBJMatt Calvert: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:28WSHTom Wilson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:52WSHBrooks Orpik: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0WSH
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Beagle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWSH
30Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals2.0
50Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits19
13Blocked shots9
5Giveaways8
10Takeaways12

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. bestCalvert – Jenner – Karlsson11:39

    xG 0.84–0.26 (76%)attempts 13–10goals 1–2

  2. Dubinsky – Foligno – Johansen5:09

    xG 0.11–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Foligno – Wennberg5:02

    xG 0.17–0.08 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Wennberg2:06

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Connauton10:36

    xG 0.52–0.24 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Prout – Murray2:11

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard13:40

    xG 0.35–0.46 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov8:51

    xG 0.51–0.09 (85%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Laich – Latta – Burakovsky3:34

    xG 0.27–0.09 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Johansson – Kuznetsov2:42

    xG 0.04–0.03 (51%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Backstrom – Johansson8:31

    xG 0.17–0.25 (40%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Alzner15:18

    xG 1.07–0.16 (87%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Orpik – Carlson16:01

    xG 0.22–0.44 (34%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Schmidt14:01

    xG 0.24–0.69 (26%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

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.

WSH 2.0 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1007 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 59% of the time.

WSH winsCBJ wins

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

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