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Thu, Feb 4, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ0907111011228
VAN11007017040138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:05VANLinden VeyPPAssists: Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:06CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Ryan Murray · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Brandon Dubinsky stopped
  5. 5. VAN Sven Baertschi stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Alexander Wennberg scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:42CBJCam Atkinson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:44VANSven Baertschi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 4:16VANSven Baertschi: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:06CBJRene Bourque: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 8:35VANJared McCann: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 2:26CBJWilliam Karlsson: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJVAN
28Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
32Hits12
19Blocked shots14
6Giveaways11
2Takeaways3

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 – Bourque – Foligno2:27

    xG 0.43–0.07 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Karlsson – Rychel2:18

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner13:57

    xG 0.49–0.38 (56%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Rychel5:08

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Jones18:18

    xG 0.74–0.65 (53%)attempts 24–25goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout13:44

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Goloubef17:13

    xG 0.39–0.52 (43%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDorsett – Sutter – McCann8:41

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Baertschi – Horvat9:59

    xG 0.35–0.34 (50%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Vey – Etem11:24

    xG 0.58–0.58 (50%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata2:11

    xG 0.02–0.06 (25%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev18:28

    xG 0.90–0.45 (66%)attempts 25–16goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Hutton14:14

    xG 0.52–0.29 (64%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Bartkowski14:40

    xG 0.07–1.00 (7%)attempts 5–15goals 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.

VAN 2.6 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #780 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

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

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