Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Nov 10, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 65% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0121928329
CBJ1807011126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:35CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Tyler Motte, Markus Hannikainen · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:50CARJordan StaalAssists: Noah Hanifin, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:54CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:35CARBrock McGinnENAssists: Justin Williams, Derek Ryan · Backhand, 0.55 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:21CARJosh Jooris: Holding2 min
  2. P2 13:16CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min
  3. P3 2:21CBJBoone Jenner: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
29Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
6Hits18
11Blocked shots19
4Giveaways13
4Takeaways7

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Rask – Lindholm3:28

    xG 0.24–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Teravainen – Aho12:39

    xG 0.90–0.84 (52%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  3. Skinner – Lindholm – Ryan5:29

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris9:22

    xG 0.27–0.52 (35%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Faulk – Fleury10:50

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury4:43

    xG 0.24–0.27 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin5:47

    xG 0.32–0.54 (37%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner7:33

    xG 1.09–0.13 (89%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Anderson – Motte – Dubois3:32

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Wennberg – Panarin6:14

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Wennberg – Panarin4:54

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara12:38

    xG 1.18–0.50 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Jones – Werenski17:27

    xG 1.05–0.56 (65%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Savard13:12

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 8–9goals 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 3.5 xGCAR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #871 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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