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Sun, Jan 22, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Columbus Blue Jackets 7, Ottawa Senators 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ281931111729
OTT293171800634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:42OTTZack SmithAssists: Cody Ceci, Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:16CBJNick FolignoPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Sam Gagner · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:33OTTZack SmithAssists: Cody Ceci, Curtis Lazar · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 10:18CBJScott HarringtonAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Dalton Prout · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:56CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Seth Jones, Alexander Wennberg · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 10:41OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Snap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P2 13:08OTTMark StoneAssists: Derick Brassard, Zack Smith · Slap, 0.29 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:43OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Tom Pyatt, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Snap, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 1:50CBJLukas SedlakAssists: Scott Hartnell, Scott Harrington · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–5
  10. P3 2:21CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Seth Jones, William Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG5–5
  11. P3 10:50CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.07 xG6–5
  12. P3 12:39OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.03 xG6–6
  13. OT 1:09CBJCam AtkinsonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG7–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:04OTTCody Ceci: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 1:39CBJDalton Prout: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 1:39OTTChris Neil: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 6:24OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 11:40CBJScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 0:37OTTMike Hoffman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:02CBJAlexander Wennberg: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:11OTTMike Hoffman: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:29CBJScott Harrington: Holding2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJOTT
29Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals3.3
46Shot attempts63
31Faceoffs won44
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits18
13Blocked shots9
9Giveaways14
3Takeaways3

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 – Jenner9:50

    xG 0.48–0.30 (62%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  2. Hartnell – Gagner – Sedlak9:31

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson8:36

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  4. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg11:59

    xG 0.08–0.84 (9%)attempts 8–13goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski16:09

    xG 0.52–0.26 (67%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Prout – Harrington8:50

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 6–5goals 3–1

  3. Johnson – Murray18:03

    xG 0.37–0.91 (29%)attempts 13–21goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Smith – Stone10:28

    xG 0.86–0.11 (89%)attempts 15–4goals 2–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau10:08

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  3. Kelly – Ryan – Turris2:11

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

  4. Neil – Ryan – Turris2:55

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Ceci8:31

    xG 0.81–0.29 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Methot – Ceci6:51

    xG 0.65–0.25 (73%)attempts 10–8goals 3–1

  3. Wideman – Claesson5:13

    xG 0.19–0.05 (81%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #7 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.23 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

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

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