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Wed, Jan 13, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

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

TOR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ181915322
TOR010015117142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:08CBJBoone JennerAssists: Seth Jones, Kerby Rychel · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:17CBJAlexander WennbergGWGAssists: Justin Falk, Scott Hartnell · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:33TORBrad BoyesAssists: Leo Komarov, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:59CBJBrandon DubinskyENAssists: Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:10CBJKerby Rychel: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:07TORMatt Hunwick: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:40CBJScott Hartnell: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 19:23CBJScott Hartnell: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:56TORDion Phaneuf: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTOR
22Shots on goal42
4.1Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts94
27Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
44Hits34
22Blocked shots8
11Giveaways12
13Takeaways8

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. bestJenner – Anderson – Rychel8:25

    xG 0.67–0.48 (58%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Saad – Karlsson11:31

    xG 0.32–0.27 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Bourque – Boll6:26

    xG 0.10–0.52 (16%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Atkinson – Wennberg10:50

    xG 0.27–0.91 (23%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Jones9:19

    xG 0.75–0.16 (82%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Savard4:45

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Falk – Murray2:10

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Matthias – Bozak14:16

    xG 1.04–0.31 (77%)attempts 29–12goals 0–1

  2. Boyes – Froese – Leivo3:05

    xG 0.51–0.01 (97%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Winnik – Holland5:53

    xG 0.28–0.07 (80%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Holland – Leivo2:50

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner15:59

    xG 1.18–0.40 (75%)attempts 28–18goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Rielly15:08

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 28–11goals 0–1

  3. Polak – Rielly3:43

    xG 0.24–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 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.

TOR 3.5 xGCBJ 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1023 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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.

TOR winsCBJ wins

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

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