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Sat, Oct 22, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Dallas Stars 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0718211326
DAL0901508032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:04CBJJosh AndersonGWGAssists: Boone Jenner, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:02CBJScott HartnellAssists: William Karlsson, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:48CBJMatt CalvertENAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:21CBJAlexander Wennberg: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:13CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:50DALRadek Faksa: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:53CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:23CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:23DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 9:21CBJDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:39DALJohn Klingberg: Penalty shot throwing object at puck0 min
  9. P3 11:18CBJDalton Prout: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 15:55DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
26Shots on goal32
4.6Expected goals3.4
65Shot attempts64
22Faceoffs won42
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
19Hits11
12Blocked shots18
3Giveaways12
12Takeaways7

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. bestFoligno – Saad – Wennberg12:06

    xG 0.72–0.38 (66%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson8:42

    xG 0.44–0.37 (55%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Karlsson – Anderson8:53

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Gagner – Sedlak – Jenner9:53

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski14:58

    xG 1.06–0.66 (62%)attempts 20–14goals 2–0

  2. Prout – Nutivaara10:52

    xG 0.45–0.38 (54%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard18:33

    xG 0.61–1.14 (35%)attempts 18–24goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Korpikoski – Shore2:14

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Benn – Seguin5:34

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Cracknell – McKenzie – Smith5:39

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Roussel – Faksa6:00

    xG 0.14–0.16 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Klingberg7:15

    xG 0.71–0.46 (61%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Benn4:56

    xG 0.28–0.07 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Nemeth6:04

    xG 0.14–0.06 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 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.

DAL 3.4 xGCBJ 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1123 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 68% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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