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Sun, Mar 19, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 62% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ2611318427
NJD110010016136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32CBJLukas SedlakUnassisted · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:23CBJBoone JennerSHGWGAssists: Jack Johnson, David Savard · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:30NJDAdam HenriquePPAssists: Pavel Zacha · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:28CBJBrandon DubinskyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:03CBJBoone JennerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:33CBJJosh Anderson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:32NJDAndy Greene: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P1 9:09CBJMatt Calvert: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:58CBJCam Atkinson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:28NJDDalton Prout: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 9:15NJDAdam Henrique: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blandisi won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNJD
27Shots on goal36
3.5Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won40
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
25Hits19
16Blocked shots6
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways4

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. bestHartnell – Calvert – Sedlak11:31

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Atkinson – Saad11:53

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Karlsson – Bjorkstrand10:44

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Jenner – Anderson12:10

    xG 0.41–1.37 (23%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Harrington3:02

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski15:32

    xG 0.31–0.27 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Harrington13:09

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Bennett – Blandisi10:22

    xG 0.73–0.01 (98%)attempts 16–1goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Quenneville – Zacha8:25

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Pietila – Coleman – Noesen3:22

    xG 0.02–0.05 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Bennett – Pietila – Coleman2:07

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Lovejoy7:18

    xG 0.28–0.11 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Severson3:46

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Prout – Merrill6:01

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

NJD 2.7 xGCBJ 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #850 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 62% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

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

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