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Tue, Nov 28, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR11207110020231
CBJ11111309052338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:41CARNoah HanifinAssists: Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:47CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Sonny Milano · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:09CARBrock McGinnAssists: Brett Pesce, Josh Jooris · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Cam Atkinson scored
  2. 2. CAR Sebastian Aho stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Artemi Panarin scored
  4. 4. CAR Teuvo Teravainen stopped
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:50CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 13:18CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 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
31Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won22
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits23
8Blocked shots16
5Giveaways13
8Takeaways9

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. bestStaal – Lindholm – Aho7:49

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Skinner – Ryan7:09

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 1–1

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris5:42

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Nordstrom – Ryan4:00

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce19:02

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  2. Faulk – Hanifin2:05

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

  3. Faulk – Fleury18:44

    xG 0.63–0.78 (45%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Wennberg – Milano11:23

    xG 0.51–0.10 (84%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Anderson – Panarin – Dubois14:33

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Dubinsky – Foligno – Jenner12:28

    xG 0.39–0.62 (39%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  4. Sedlak – Motte – Bjorkstrand6:36

    xG 0.04–0.31 (11%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard19:19

    xG 0.66–0.44 (60%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Werenski23:19

    xG 0.98–0.85 (54%)attempts 22–15goals 0–1

  3. Harrington – Nutivaara11:01

    xG 0.14–0.46 (23%)attempts 7–10goals 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 2.6 xGCAR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #640 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 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 56% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

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