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Fri, Oct 6, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 56% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI08010011029
CBJ21431706537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07CBJSonny MilanoGWGAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:02CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Artemi Panarin · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:57CBJRyan MurrayAssists: Artemi Panarin, Alexander Wennberg · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:25CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 11:50CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 10:04NYIMathew Barzal: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 13:11CBJZac Dalpe: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 13:11NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:50NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:32NYIJohnny Boychuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:32CBJMatt Calvert: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 4:44CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
29Shots on goal37
2.4Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts67
29Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
11Penalty minutes9
25Hits17
15Blocked shots18
7Giveaways3
9Takeaways8

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. bestEberle – Tavares – Lee13:15

    xG 0.91–0.57 (61%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  2. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas8:49

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Bailey – Barzal10:04

    xG 0.62–0.67 (48%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Chimera – Nelson – Beauvillier10:32

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pelech15:48

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 23–15goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy16:08

    xG 0.54–0.72 (43%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan13:23

    xG 0.21–1.03 (17%)attempts 6–21goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Calvert – Dubois11:11

    xG 0.63–0.09 (88%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Milano12:12

    xG 0.63–0.21 (75%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Atkinson – Wennberg – Panarin12:20

    xG 0.46–0.45 (51%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  4. Dalpe – Sedlak – Hannikainen9:45

    xG 0.18–0.57 (24%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard18:28

    xG 0.87–0.68 (56%)attempts 19–17goals 2–0

  2. Murray – Carlsson16:08

    xG 0.65–0.62 (51%)attempts 19–24goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski16:14

    xG 0.44–0.85 (34%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGNYI 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #1250 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 56% 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).