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Fri, Jan 13, 2017·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0611629331
TBL1190706132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:18TBLJonathan DrouinAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:40CBJJosh AndersonAssists: David Savard · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:29CBJNick FolignoPPGWGAssists: Zach Werenski, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:55CBJBoone JennerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.51 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 17:46TBLAlex Killorn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 17:46CBJJosh Anderson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:46CBJJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 1:34TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:49CBJSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:55TBLMatthew Peca: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:55TBLTyler Johnson: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:11TBLJonathan Drouin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 16:56CBJJack Johnson: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Saad won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTBL
31Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals2.1
50Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
21Hits21
18Blocked shots9
9Giveaways8
9Takeaways7

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. bestFoligno – Saad – Wennberg5:11

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Jenner – Anderson2:15

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak4:46

    xG 0.15–0.15 (51%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner4:17

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard17:28

    xG 0.68–0.54 (56%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Jones6:11

    xG 0.10–0.11 (49%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski10:41

    xG 0.21–0.44 (32%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Boyle – Drouin10:56

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Namestnikov9:23

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Dumont – Bournival – Paquette7:52

    xG 0.45–0.28 (62%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov3:11

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman16:51

    xG 0.58–0.07 (90%)attempts 23–7goals 0–0

  2. Garrison – Sustr13:34

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Nesterov12:17

    xG 0.49–0.58 (46%)attempts 17–12goals 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.

TBL 2.1 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #712 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 58% of the time.

TBL winsCBJ wins

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

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