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Tue, Dec 15, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ01611207135
DAL1831917534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:53DALJohnny OduyaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:32CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Nick Foligno · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:02DALAlex GoligoskiGWGAssists: Ales Hemsky, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:26DALTyler SeguinAssists: John Klingberg, Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:56DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:47DALMattias JanmarkUnassisted · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P2 4:06DALPatrik Nemeth: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 18:02CBJScott Hartnell: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 4:43CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 13:19DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 13:19CBJBoone Jenner: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 13:19DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:44CBJDalton Prout: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:44DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:44CBJDalton Prout: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 19:44CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:44DALTravis Moen: 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
35Shots on goal34
3.8Expected goals3.1
58Shot attempts60
29Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
23Penalty minutes21
21Hits14
6Blocked shots13
9Giveaways21
9Takeaways12

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. bestCampbell – Clarkson – Karlsson7:15

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  2. Hartnell – Atkinson – Wennberg8:39

    xG 0.48–0.40 (55%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Jenner – Saad8:59

    xG 0.33–0.43 (44%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Calvert10:07

    xG 0.50–0.63 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Prout10:55

    xG 0.61–0.22 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Murray17:37

    xG 1.01–0.99 (50%)attempts 20–20goals 0–1

  3. Bodnarchuk – Prout3:07

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Sharp – Nichushkin8:19

    xG 0.95–0.31 (75%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Roussel – Janmark5:46

    xG 0.58–0.31 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Eakin – Seguin8:07

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  4. Moen – Fiddler – Eaves5:17

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg16:51

    xG 1.34–0.95 (59%)attempts 21–20goals 2–0

  2. Benn – Nemeth16:57

    xG 0.77–0.83 (48%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Demers15:30

    xG 0.46–0.75 (38%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

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.

DAL 3.1 xGCBJ 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #922 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 61% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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