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Sat, Mar 18, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 86% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ0122170712338
NYI15081900222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:18NYITravis HamonicAssists: Jason Chimera, Anthony Beauvillier · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:00CBJOliver BjorkstrandUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:48CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Nick Foligno, Zach Werenski · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:48NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:19CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:08NYIScott Mayfield: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:08CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 19:01NYIAndrew Ladd: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 19:01CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 19:01CBJBrandon Dubinsky: 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 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
38Shots on goal22
4.4Expected goals1.8
54Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won22
0Power plays1
9Penalty minutes7
28Hits31
19Blocked shots8
9Giveaways17
10Takeaways12

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 – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg12:49

    xG 1.16–0.24 (83%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Atkinson – Saad13:40

    xG 1.05–0.18 (85%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Jenner – Anderson11:56

    xG 0.99–0.79 (56%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  4. Hartnell – Calvert – Karlsson10:58

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski19:41

    xG 1.89–0.80 (70%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Harrington13:58

    xG 0.87–0.29 (75%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Savard20:12

    xG 1.08–0.67 (62%)attempts 18–21goals 1–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Bailey – Tavares2:52

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Nelson – Strome2:20

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas3:11

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Kulemin – Beauvillier6:52

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – de Haan19:58

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Pelech18:04

    xG 0.65–1.40 (32%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Mayfield13:20

    xG 0.70–1.79 (28%)attempts 16–20goals 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.

NYI 1.8 xGCBJ 4.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #519 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 86% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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