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Thu, Oct 19, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1131503221
CBJ010018015043

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:48TBLMikhail SergachevGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:37TBLMikhail SergachevAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:33CBJDavid Savard: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 0:00TBLChris Kunitz: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:14TBLVictor Hedman: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:31CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:09TBLRyan Callahan: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Foligno
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCBJ
21Shots on goal43
2.3Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits19
12Blocked shots9
4Giveaways4
3Takeaways10

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. Kunitz – Callahan – Dumont9:50

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov2:18

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Palat – Gourde – Point9:52

    xG 0.15–0.33 (32%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov10:35

    xG 0.13–0.87 (13%)attempts 3–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sustr5:12

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Sustr2:11

    xG 0.04–0.01 (77%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Sergachev9:15

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Wennberg – Panarin14:10

    xG 1.14–0.22 (84%)attempts 24–6goals 0–1

  2. Dalpe – Sedlak – Dubois5:28

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Dubinsky – Anderson – Milano4:26

    xG 0.13–0.15 (46%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Dalpe – Calvert – Dubois2:59

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski16:11

    xG 0.99–0.33 (75%)attempts 27–8goals 0–1

  2. Murray – Nutivaara11:58

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard15:39

    xG 0.46–0.67 (41%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 2.5 xGTBL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1161 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 55% of the time.

CBJ winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).