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Sat, Feb 25, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 82% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0901005024
CBJ317216212745

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:19CBJJack JohnsonGWGAssists: David Savard, Markus Hannikainen · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:21CBJBoone JennerAssists: Cam Atkinson, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:17CBJNick FolignoAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Brandon Saad · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:31CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Boone Jenner, William Karlsson · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:44CBJJosh AndersonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–5
  6. P3 6:06CBJNick FolignoAssists: David Savard, Alexander Wennberg · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–6
  7. P3 13:30CBJDavid SavardAssists: Sam Gagner, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–7
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 14:52NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:42NYIBracken Kearns: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
24Shots on goal45
1.5Expected goals3.3
44Shot attempts71
26Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
14Hits16
16Blocked shots11
4Giveaways6
3Takeaways8

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Bailey – Tavares – Lee13:09

    xG 0.73–0.68 (52%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  2. Chimera – Ladd – Quine7:34

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier9:35

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Kearns – Gionta – Kulemin8:10

    xG 0.16–0.67 (19%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hickey – Mayfield14:36

    xG 0.52–0.59 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan18:58

    xG 0.70–1.06 (40%)attempts 14–21goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy18:50

    xG 0.14–1.01 (12%)attempts 10–28goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Gagner – Saad11:31

    xG 0.64–0.28 (70%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner13:43

    xG 0.97–0.68 (59%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg12:12

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Karlsson – Anderson – Hannikainen9:11

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard17:57

    xG 1.02–0.30 (78%)attempts 23–10goals 4–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara15:42

    xG 0.75–0.40 (65%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Werenski17:11

    xG 0.89–0.68 (57%)attempts 21–14goals 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 3.3 xGNYI 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1205 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.45 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 82% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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