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Thu, Nov 19, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 74% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0606013025
OTT08211110329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:24OTTErik KarlssonGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Milan Michalek · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:15OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Bobby Ryan, Kyle Turris · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:18OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.54 xG0–3
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 7:16CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:09CBJCody Goloubef: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  3. P1 14:37OTTCurtis Lazar: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:37CBJKevin Connauton: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:23OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Interference2 min
  6. P2 1:08OTTMark Borowiecki: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 12:44CBJBrandon Saad: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:25OTTMatt Puempel: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 4:05CBJCam Atkinson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 4:05OTTMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 4:28CBJBrandon Saad: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 5:57OTTMark Stone: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 5:57CBJMatt Calvert: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:05OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 14:05CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 15:46CBJDavid Savard: Boarding5 min · PPG
  17. P3 15:46CBJDavid Savard: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Foligno
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJOTT
25Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.3
55Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won36
3Power plays5
32Penalty minutes17
34Hits34
19Blocked shots17
5Giveaways11
5Takeaways5

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 – Atkinson – Johansen2:17

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Jenner – Saad7:47

    xG 0.35–0.12 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Bourque – Calvert – Karlsson8:04

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Saad2:11

    xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoloubef – Murray12:49

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Connauton9:21

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Goloubef2:12

    xG 0.21–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Smith – Lazar6:38

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau7:07

    xG 0.17–0.31 (36%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Stone – Zibanejad – Puempel10:01

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman9:58

    xG 0.29–0.62 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Borowiecki4:12

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci2:09

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

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci5:15

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 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.

OTT 3.3 xGCBJ 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1135 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 74% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

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

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