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Tue, Feb 9, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI17017115072346
CBJ2120905051231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56NYIRyan StromeAssists: John Tavares · Snap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:45CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Dalton Prout · Snap, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:26CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Cam Atkinson · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:05NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  2. 2. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  3. 3. CBJ Brandon Dubinsky stopped
  4. 4. NYI Kyle Okposo stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Alexander Wennberg scored
  6. 6. NYI John Tavares stopped
  7. 7. CBJ Boone Jenner stopped
  8. 8. NYI Cal Clutterbuck scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:13CBJDalton Prout: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:31NYIFrans Nielsen: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 2:34CBJBoone Jenner: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
46Shots on goal31
4.8Expected goals3.7
80Shot attempts62
46Faceoffs won39
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits25
22Blocked shots26
3Giveaways3
2Takeaways9

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabovski – Tavares – Strome15:52

    xG 1.82–0.81 (69%)attempts 22–14goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Lee – Nelson12:50

    xG 0.83–0.58 (59%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin13:21

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:38

    xG 0.17–0.17 (51%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan19:39

    xG 1.61–1.34 (55%)attempts 23–26goals 0–1

  2. Strait – Hickey14:25

    xG 0.65–0.47 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy18:47

    xG 0.99–0.97 (50%)attempts 20–14goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Campbell – Bourque – Foligno7:49

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Saad – Wennberg14:04

    xG 0.54–0.63 (46%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner13:41

    xG 1.16–1.27 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Rychel12:25

    xG 0.23–0.48 (32%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Prout14:32

    xG 1.06–0.19 (85%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Goloubef17:20

    xG 0.46–0.74 (38%)attempts 14–20goals 0–1

  3. Murray – Jones21:04

    xG 0.61–2.57 (19%)attempts 13–34goals 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.

CBJ 3.7 xGNYI 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #605 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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