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Sat, Jan 21, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 51% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01329015237
CBJ2120216320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:49CBJMarkus HannikainenAssists: Josh Anderson, William Karlsson · Snap, 0.40 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:26CBJScott HartnellAssists: Dalton Prout, Scott Harrington · Slap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:05CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Brett Pesce · Snap, 0.39 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:27CARJustin FaulkAssists: Ty Rattie · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:25CBJScott HartnellGWGAssists: Sam Gagner, Dalton Prout · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:02CBJZach Werenski: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 7:46CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:27CBJMarkus Hannikainen: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:21CARRyan Murphy: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:21CARRyan Murphy: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 1:30CBJAlexander Wennberg: Interference2 min
  7. P3 6:11CBJDalton Prout: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 16:16CBJSam Gagner: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
37Shots on goal20
2.8Expected goals2.9
58Shot attempts40
26Faceoffs won31
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
12Hits24
12Blocked shots12
3Giveaways6
4Takeaways13

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Skinner – Rattie – Rask9:47

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Aho – Ryan5:49

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – McGinn – Lindholm8:53

    xG 0.45–0.58 (44%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom5:28

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Slavin – Pesce13:10

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Faulk16:19

    xG 0.49–0.69 (41%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Murphy9:15

    xG 0.31–1.11 (22%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Anderson – Hannikainen8:19

    xG 1.03–0.29 (78%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Jenner – Saad6:10

    xG 0.56–0.35 (62%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak8:10

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner2:39

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Harrington10:44

    xG 0.94–0.16 (86%)attempts 9–7goals 3–0

  2. Johnson – Murray11:54

    xG 0.50–0.40 (56%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Werenski15:02

    xG 0.41–0.57 (41%)attempts 5–13goals 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 2.9 xGCAR 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #380 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 51% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).