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Fri, Nov 4, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Montréal Canadiens 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 10

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 80% of the time.

CBJ winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0801309030
CBJ316516281040

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:56CBJCam AtkinsonPPGWGAssists: Nick Foligno, Alexander Wennberg · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:54CBJSeth JonesAssists: Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:06CBJDavid SavardAssists: Markus Nutivaara · Snap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:01CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.47 xG0–4
  5. P2 10:12CBJNick FolignoPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–5
  6. P2 11:53CBJScott HartnellPPAssists: Boone Jenner, Brandon Dubinsky · Tip-in, 0.38 xG0–6
  7. P2 13:39CBJNick FolignoAssists: Brandon Saad, Alexander Wennberg · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG0–7
  8. P2 18:32CBJJosh AndersonAssists: William Karlsson, Jack Johnson · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–8
  9. P3 8:06CBJScott HartnellAssists: Seth Jones, Zach Werenski · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–9
  10. P3 10:45CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Matt Calvert, William Karlsson · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–10
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:58MTLMax Pacioretty: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:24MTLDavid Desharnais: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:34CBJSergei Bobrovsky: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:08MTLAlexei Emelin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:13MTLBrendan Gallagher: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:26CBJBrandon Saad: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:26MTLBrendan Gallagher: Slashing2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← MTL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLCBJ
30Shots on goal40
2.1Expected goals3.9
60Shot attempts59
45Faceoffs won36
1Power plays5
12Penalty minutes4
15Hits12
9Blocked shots17
2Giveaways5
1Takeaways6

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen10:07

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 17–7goals 0–2

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Shaw2:26

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Plekanec – Byron – Shaw2:03

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher8:45

    xG 0.13–0.19 (40%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEmelin – Pateryn7:22

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Emelin9:41

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Beaulieu7:15

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestCalvert – Karlsson – Anderson11:27

    xG 0.64–0.34 (65%)attempts 11–11goals 3–0

  2. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak10:31

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg8:30

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner12:38

    xG 0.16–0.55 (22%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Nutivaara13:30

    xG 0.75–0.03 (96%)attempts 18–4goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Werenski13:58

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 13–20goals 2–0

  3. Johnson – Murray16:17

    xG 0.61–0.78 (44%)attempts 13–23goals 2–0

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 3.9 xGMTL 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1186 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 80% of the time.

CBJ winsMTL wins

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

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