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Sat, Dec 10, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11011109230
CBJ17119413639

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:59NYIJosh BaileyUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:59CBJJack JohnsonPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Brandon Dubinsky · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:16CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Jack Johnson, David Savard · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:32NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Anders Lee, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:19CBJJosh AndersonGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:23CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Markus Nutivaara · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:39CBJLukas SedlakAssists: Seth Jones, Matt Calvert · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:23CBJSeth JonesAssists: William Karlsson, Scott Hartnell · Slap, 0.03 xG2–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:53CBJDavid Savard: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:25NYIAndrew Ladd: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:09CBJScott Hartnell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 12:04NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:23CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 19:23NYITravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:35NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:58NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:25CBJCam Atkinson: Delaying game2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
30Shots on goal39
1.7Expected goals2.7
51Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
14Hits9
15Blocked shots11
1Giveaways6
0Takeaways1

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. bestChimera – Kulemin – Quine9:44

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Prince – Strome11:22

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Lee8:33

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Nelson11:44

    xG 0.18–0.63 (22%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Leddy13:02

    xG 0.14–0.33 (29%)attempts 7–13goals 0–2

  2. Boychuk – Hickey11:05

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan13:46

    xG 0.54–0.81 (40%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Calvert – Karlsson2:00

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Saad – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg9:27

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Calvert – Sedlak5:57

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner10:12

    xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard15:42

    xG 1.01–0.39 (72%)attempts 17–14goals 2–1

  2. Jones – Werenski13:41

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Nutivaara14:04

    xG 0.57–0.83 (41%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

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 2.7 xGNYI 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #490 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 69% 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).