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Fri, Nov 27, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 73% of the time.

CBJ winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT07081901125
CBJ0150911316243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 9:15PITEvgeni MalkinPPAssists: Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:57CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Brandon Saad, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:42CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:00PITIan Cole: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:48CBJJustin Falk: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:45PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 6:18PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:01CBJRyan Murray: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:40CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 18:40PITPatric Hornqvist: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 18:40CBJScott Hartnell: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 19:18PITEvgeni Malkin: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 19:18CBJJack Johnson: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 6:10PITSergei Plotnikov: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 6:10CBJKerby Rychel: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 8:12CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min · PPG
  14. P3 9:42PITChris Kunitz: Roughing2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITCBJ
25Shots on goal43
2.1Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
17Penalty minutes17
23Hits32
6Blocked shots13
3Giveaways3
3Takeaways7

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Kunitz – Bonino – Bennett5:42

    xG 0.10–0.10 (51%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Fehr – Plotnikov6:19

    xG 0.20–0.21 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Kessel – Perron11:13

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Dupuis – Crosby – Hornqvist10:07

    xG 0.30–1.35 (18%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Letang12:32

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Clendening4:06

    xG 0.05–0.16 (25%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Dumoulin9:47

    xG 0.44–0.67 (40%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson8:58

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Johansen – Jenner7:44

    xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Wennberg – Rychel6:32

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Saad – Karlsson5:00

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Murray11:22

    xG 0.90–0.28 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Savard14:53

    xG 0.69–0.57 (55%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Bodnarchuk – Falk11:46

    xG 0.35–0.40 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 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 3.5 xGPIT 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #439 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 73% of the time.

CBJ winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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