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Fri, Nov 20, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Nashville Predators 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

CBJ winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH010017012039
CBJ251716418

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:35CBJGregory CampbellGWGAssists: Kerby Rychel, Josh Anderson · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:16CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Boone Jenner, Ryan Murray · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:17CBJBoone JennerAssists: Ryan Johansen, Brandon Saad · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:10CBJScott HartnellENAssists: Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.71 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:53CBJRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 18:01CBJMatt Calvert: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 2:11CBJKerby Rychel: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 9:52NSHJames Neal: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
47% to win54% to win
← NSH attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHCBJ
39Shots on goal18
3.1Expected goals2.4
84Shot attempts32
30Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
27Hits22
8Blocked shots26
0Giveaways5
4Takeaways3

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Neal – Hodgson4:33

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Neal – Salomaki7:43

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  3. Hodgson – Bourque – Sissons5:40

    xG 0.20–0.02 (91%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  4. Wilson – Bourque – Jarnkrok2:18

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllis – Ekholm16:22

    xG 0.58–0.07 (90%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Jones13:51

    xG 0.76–0.26 (74%)attempts 25–8goals 0–1

  3. Weber – Josi14:41

    xG 0.75–1.02 (42%)attempts 20–13goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Bourque – Calvert – Karlsson11:15

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Anderson – Rychel7:03

    xG 0.22–0.25 (46%)attempts 2–8goals 1–0

  3. Johansen – Jenner – Saad9:01

    xG 0.43–0.79 (35%)attempts 4–18goals 2–0

  4. Hartnell – Foligno – Atkinson11:23

    xG 0.12–0.53 (18%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoloubef – Murray5:07

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 5–7goals 2–0

  2. Connauton – Murray10:48

    xG 0.37–0.36 (50%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Tyutin – Connauton6:37

    xG 0.04–0.17 (17%)attempts 3–11goals 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.

CBJ 2.4 xGNSH 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1221 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

CBJ winsNSH wins

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

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