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Sat, Dec 12, 2015·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI14170711319
CBJ091131602230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:21NYIKyle OkposoUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:08CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Boone Jenner, Brandon Dubinsky · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:10NYIFrans NielsenPPAssists: Kyle Okposo, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.49 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:20CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: David Savard, Scott Hartnell · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:16NYIKyle OkposoGWGAssists: Josh Bailey · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 19:10CBJCam Atkinson: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:43CBJAndrew Bodnarchuk: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 6:05CBJKevin Connauton: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
19Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts58
20Faceoffs won27
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
12Hits33
13Blocked shots16
2Giveaways2
1Takeaways2

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Tavares – Nelson14:52

    xG 0.79–0.59 (57%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Grabovski – Kulemin – Strome7:48

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Bailey – Lee9:18

    xG 0.28–0.48 (36%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Grabovski – Kulemin – Cizikas2:39

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Leddy19:53

    xG 0.94–0.86 (52%)attempts 19–19goals 1–1

  2. Boychuk – de Haan19:04

    xG 0.35–0.79 (31%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Strait – Hickey11:30

    xG 0.12–0.75 (14%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Foligno – Wennberg3:33

    xG 0.33–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Calvert – Atkinson – Wennberg5:43

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Clarkson – Karlsson6:31

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Calvert2:42

    xG 0.12–0.02 (88%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Connauton13:32

    xG 0.69–0.26 (73%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Bodnarchuk – Murray15:44

    xG 0.61–0.30 (67%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Murray2:25

    xG 0.25–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 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 2.9 xGNYI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #500 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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