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Tue, Jan 12, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ151906220
NYI2171729533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:03NYIRyan StromeAssists: Matt Martin, Casey Cizikas · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:26CBJWilliam KarlssonAssists: Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:00NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Thomas Hickey, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:49CBJDavid SavardUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:29NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Anders Lee · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:34NYIBrian StraitAssists: John Tavares, Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:49NYIBrock NelsonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.74 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:11CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:19CBJFedor Tyutin: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 6:49NYIBrock Nelson: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 2:24NYIBrian Strait: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 9:37CBJScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 10:16NYINick Leddy: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:20NYINikolay Kulemin: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 3:23CBJJared Boll: Illegal check to head2 min
  9. P3 5:54NYIBrian Strait: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:32NYIMikhail Grabovski: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 14:32CBJJustin Falk: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 14:32NYIMikhail Grabovski: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 17:16NYIBrian Strait: High sticking2 min
  14. P3 18:42CBJCam Atkinson: High sticking double minor4 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
20Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals4.1
53Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won27
6Power plays8
16Penalty minutes16
26Hits20
15Blocked shots22
5Giveaways3
10Takeaways12

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. Dubinsky – Anderson – Rychel2:59

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Jenner – Karlsson2:15

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner5:40

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  4. Campbell – Bourque – Boll5:30

    xG 0.15–0.37 (29%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Falk12:01

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard10:41

    xG 0.22–0.84 (21%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

  3. Murray – Jones12:21

    xG 0.15–0.78 (16%)attempts 4–14goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabovski – Tavares – Strome9:10

    xG 1.18–0.13 (90%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Bailey – Lee – Nelson6:33

    xG 0.62–0.15 (80%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:38

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin7:19

    xG 0.13–0.27 (32%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Leddy12:38

    xG 1.60–0.22 (88%)attempts 20–4goals 1–0

  2. Zidlicky – Hickey9:40

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Strait – Pelech9:00

    xG 0.17–0.20 (47%)attempts 4–7goals 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.

NYI 4.1 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #504 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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