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Fri, Nov 18, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

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

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR03113111227
CBJ1311427424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:34CBJWilliam KarlssonUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:38CBJSam GagnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:04NYRMichael GrabnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:32NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Brady Skjei, Nick Holden · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:35CBJMatt CalvertSHGWGAssists: William Karlsson, Ryan Murray · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:59CBJBoone JennerENAssists: Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.62 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:50CBJJack Johnson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:03NYRRick Nash: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 5:30NYROscar Lindberg: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 10:35CBJDavid Savard: Cross checking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
27Shots on goal24
2.1Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
7Hits20
14Blocked shots12
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways6

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad2:32

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Fast – Vesey8:47

    xG 0.31–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Vesey2:25

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Miller8:50

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Klein – Skjei13:50

    xG 0.39–0.37 (52%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh16:33

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Holden15:35

    xG 0.29–0.76 (28%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Saad – Wennberg13:07

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson7:13

    xG 0.36–0.27 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Calvert – Karlsson2:16

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak5:25

    xG 0.02–0.18 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Nutivaara11:27

    xG 0.44–0.18 (71%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Werenski18:32

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  3. Johnson – Murray15:56

    xG 0.62–0.99 (39%)attempts 14–18goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGNYR 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #353 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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.

CBJ winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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