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Sun, Dec 27, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ011917217
FLA2190815332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Reilly Smith, Vincent Trocheck · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:42FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:59CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Justin Falk, Kevin Connauton · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:23FLAAleksander BarkovGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:26CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Brandon Saad, Alexander Wennberg · Slap, 0.44 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:29FLAAlexander Petrovic: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:29CBJGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:42FLAWillie Mitchell: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 11:59CBJDavid Clarkson: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 12:21CBJCam Atkinson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 15:18CBJJack Johnson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:12FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:31CBJScott Hartnell: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 18:18CBJBrandon Saad: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 3:31CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 8:03FLABrandon Pirri: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 11:14FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:04CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:04FLAErik Gudbranson: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Karlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJFLA
17Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals4.2
33Shot attempts60
22Faceoffs won33
4Power plays6
19Penalty minutes15
34Hits33
17Blocked shots7
3Giveaways9
5Takeaways10

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 – Saad – Wennberg8:58

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Clarkson – Calvert2:38

    xG 0.27–0.14 (67%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Johansen5:33

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Bourque – Jenner – Karlsson5:18

    xG 0.09–0.11 (46%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFalk – Connauton6:24

    xG 0.31–0.06 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout12:29

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Murray15:19

    xG 0.18–0.89 (17%)attempts 4–13goals 0–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Huberdeau – Barkov10:29

    xG 0.89–0.13 (87%)attempts 14–6goals 2–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck8:42

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Pirri – Shaw8:25

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Knight – Brickley6:16

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad3:01

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Ekblad10:39

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  3. Campbell – Gudbranson8:40

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 4–6goals 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.

FLA 4.2 xGCBJ 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #726 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).