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Tue, Dec 13, 2016·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ05112214331
EDM11101508134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:06EDMTyler PitlickAssists: Mark Letestu, Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:59CBJSam GagnerPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Zach Werenski · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:10CBJCam AtkinsonPPGWGAssists: Sam Gagner, Alexander Wennberg · Slap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:46CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Josh Anderson · Snap, 0.17 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:10EDMPatrick Maroon: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:38CBJSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:49CBJJack Johnson: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 7:23EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:31EDMBrandon Davidson: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:46EDMTyler Pitlick: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:42CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 18:58EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: 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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJEDM
31Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals4.2
54Shot attempts55
20Faceoffs won35
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits24
13Blocked shots16
14Giveaways12
8Takeaways6

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. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner9:01

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg12:12

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson6:17

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Calvert – Sedlak2:35

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski11:50

    xG 0.82–0.22 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara10:19

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard15:26

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Pitlick – McDavid4:35

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Letestu – Kassian – Caggiula2:48

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Eberle – McDavid2:50

    xG 0.06–0.06 (49%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Draisaitl – Caggiula2:02

    xG 0.03–0.11 (22%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Larsson3:07

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom10:46

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Russell12:33

    xG 0.32–0.64 (33%)attempts 13–15goals 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.

EDM 4.2 xGCBJ 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #751 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).