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Mon, Nov 21, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Colorado Avalanche 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 87% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL082130511327
CBJ1140911603242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:00CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Brandon Saad · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:05COLTyson BarrieAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Carl Soderberg · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:00COLErik JohnsonAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Fedor Tyutin · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:53CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Sam Gagner, Zach Werenski · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:49COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Erik Johnson · Snap, 0.33 xG3–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 1:00CBJAlexander Wennberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 14:28COLTyson Barrie: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCBJ
27Shots on goal42
2.3Expected goals4.9
52Shot attempts92
30Faceoffs won34
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
15Hits9
28Blocked shots14
4Giveaways10
5Takeaways9

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Bourque – McLeod – Grigorenko4:23

    xG 0.02–0.07 (23%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Duchene – Greer11:22

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Mitchell – Comeau11:12

    xG 0.27–0.45 (37%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Martinsen13:04

    xG 0.21–1.02 (17%)attempts 9–23goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Johnson16:11

    xG 0.53–0.47 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Zadorov11:19

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Barrie6:07

    xG 0.12–0.52 (18%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Saad12:19

    xG 0.76–0.20 (79%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson7:08

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Sedlak – Jenner8:31

    xG 0.83–0.50 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg5:32

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski20:21

    xG 1.52–0.51 (75%)attempts 33–17goals 1–1

  2. Murray – Nutivaara11:36

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard17:55

    xG 0.89–0.82 (52%)attempts 25–15goals 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.

CBJ 4.9 xGCOL 2.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #236 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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 87% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

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

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