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Tue, Jan 3, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Edmonton Oilers 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 67% of the time.

CBJ winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0418010122
CBJ112113110335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:32CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:39EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Patrick Maroon, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:43CBJWilliam KarlssonPPGWGAssists: Brandon Saad, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:45CBJNick FolignoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:20EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:24CBJCam Atkinson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 7:48CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 7:48EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:53EDMBrandon Davidson: Holding2 min
  6. P2 13:44CBJZach Werenski: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 14:41EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:06EDMMatt Benning: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:12CBJSeth Jones: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCBJ
22Shots on goal35
1.8Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
12Hits17
11Blocked shots10
7Giveaways3
3Takeaways10

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Maroon – McDavid2:47

    xG 0.69–0.14 (83%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Eberle – Draisaitl – Caggiula3:38

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian2:19

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins2:53

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDavidson – Benning10:42

    xG 0.42–0.10 (81%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Russell14:39

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom12:33

    xG 0.28–0.40 (42%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner8:11

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak8:29

    xG 0.12–0.18 (39%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg9:42

    xG 0.54–0.63 (46%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  4. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson7:22

    xG 0.09–0.34 (21%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara12:02

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski11:31

    xG 0.28–0.41 (41%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Savard18:58

    xG 0.52–0.96 (35%)attempts 15–14goals 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 2.6 xGEDM 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #946 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 67% of the time.

CBJ winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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