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Sat, Jan 9, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 58% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR1102100713430
CBJ051102801324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:09CARAndrej NestrasilPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:27CARKris VersteegAssists: Eric Staal, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:32CARJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:28CBJCam AtkinsonSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:23CBJAlexander WennbergAssists: Brandon Saad, David Savard · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:54CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Kerby Rychel, Brandon Dubinsky · Snap, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:45CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:15CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:15CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:10CBJBoone Jenner: Concealing puck2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:23CARJaccob Slavin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:14CBJRyan Murray: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 16:41CBJFedor Tyutin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 2:13CARRiley Nash: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:23CBJJosh Anderson: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
30Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts53
38Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
10Hits20
20Blocked shots20
3Giveaways2
7Takeaways9

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTerry – Nash – Skinner7:49

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Malone – McGinn5:26

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Versteeg – Lindholm10:09

    xG 0.53–0.83 (39%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom11:12

    xG 0.38–0.76 (33%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Slavin – Hanifin8:52

    xG 0.22–0.38 (36%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Liles – Pesce15:51

    xG 0.34–0.73 (31%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Faulk16:39

    xG 0.28–1.16 (19%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner6:35

    xG 0.60–0.21 (74%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Dubinsky – Anderson – Rychel4:18

    xG 0.24–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Hartnell – Saad – Wennberg14:13

    xG 0.58–0.44 (57%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  4. Atkinson – Jenner – Karlsson4:09

    xG 0.16–0.09 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Jones16:59

    xG 1.36–0.29 (82%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Tyutin – Falk11:31

    xG 0.58–0.30 (66%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard16:52

    xG 0.51–0.61 (45%)attempts 13–19goals 2–1

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 3.0 xGCAR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #86 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 58% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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