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Mon, Feb 13, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 50% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR081629323
CBJ17013112232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:12CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Brandon Saad, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:12NYRDan GirardiSHAssists: Kevin Hayes, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:49NYRKevin HayesUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:53CBJNick FolignoAssists: David Savard · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:28NYRJimmy VeseyGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Nick Holden · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:12NYRPavel Buchnevich: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 11:25CBJJosh Anderson: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:40CBJSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:30NYRKevin Klein: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:45NYROscar Lindberg: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 4:30CBJBoone Jenner: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 14:11NYRJ.T. Miller: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 19:58CBJDavid Savard: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 13:46CBJZach Werenski: Hooking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
23Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
5Hits8
17Blocked shots14
4Giveaways4
2Takeaways3

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Lindberg – Fast2:54

    xG 0.28–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Stepan – Vesey3:06

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Zibanejad – Vesey3:41

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich2:26

    xG 0.03–0.05 (35%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Skjei13:06

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh11:21

    xG 0.47–0.43 (52%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Holden12:05

    xG 0.45–0.49 (48%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner11:03

    xG 0.67–0.25 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg11:45

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  3. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson6:46

    xG 0.11–0.34 (24%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski13:34

    xG 0.74–0.43 (63%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara8:09

    xG 0.24–0.18 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard13:06

    xG 0.42–0.55 (44%)attempts 14–8goals 1–2

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 2.2 xGNYR 2.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #329 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 50% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
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+7

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