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Tue, Jan 10, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1628013327
CAR04314210528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Jack Johnson, Boone Jenner · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:01CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Victor Rask, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:57CARDerek RyanAssists: Jeff Skinner, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:01CBJJosh AndersonUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:58CARBrock McGinnAssists: Matt Tennyson, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:05CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Alexander Wennberg · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:50CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:39CARVictor RaskENAssists: Jeff Skinner, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:29CBJBoone Jenner: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:30CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:57CBJBrandon Dubinsky: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 14:27CARJeff Skinner: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:15CARViktor Stalberg: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:41CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 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 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
27Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals4.0
60Shot attempts53
34Faceoffs won31
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits15
11Blocked shots18
3Giveaways6
15Takeaways16

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. bestHartnell – Karlsson – Anderson7:45

    xG 0.64–0.19 (77%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  2. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner4:51

    xG 0.34–0.06 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Dubinsky – Foligno – Jenner8:30

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Saad – Wennberg6:36

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski15:25

    xG 0.91–0.36 (72%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard13:13

    xG 0.82–0.32 (72%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  3. Murray – Nutivaara10:13

    xG 0.47–0.77 (38%)attempts 12–11goals 2–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Rask – Ryan10:22

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom4:07

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Teravainen – Aho12:17

    xG 0.21–0.47 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

  4. Staal – McGinn – Lindholm13:16

    xG 0.56–1.00 (36%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Slavin – Pesce18:06

    xG 0.85–0.87 (49%)attempts 20–20goals 1–1

  2. Tennyson – Hanifin9:50

    xG 0.36–0.70 (34%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  3. Hainsey – Faulk15:13

    xG 0.27–0.72 (27%)attempts 10–21goals 0–1

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.

CAR 4.0 xGCBJ 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #193 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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