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Sat, Feb 3, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 60% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ12621409349
NYI112116210438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:12CBJJosh AndersonPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:38NYINick LeddyPPAssists: John Tavares, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:14NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Ryan Pulock · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:36CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:03CBJNick FolignoAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:49NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 5:14NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:43NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:54CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:56NYIBrock Nelson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 3:12CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 10:08CBJJosh Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 10:08NYIJason Chimera: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 13:28NYIScott Mayfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
49Shots on goal38
6.0Expected goals5.1
88Shot attempts65
37Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits24
16Blocked shots17
12Giveaways15
3Takeaways6

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. bestAtkinson – Panarin – Dubois11:40

    xG 1.10–0.24 (82%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Calvert – Sedlak6:36

    xG 0.60–0.22 (74%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg9:47

    xG 0.88–0.90 (49%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

  4. Dubinsky – Jenner – Anderson12:25

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski17:53

    xG 1.58–1.06 (60%)attempts 26–18goals 1–1

  2. Savard – Kukan12:57

    xG 0.91–0.97 (48%)attempts 16–17goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Nutivaara14:27

    xG 0.82–0.92 (47%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Barzal13:00

    xG 1.43–0.80 (64%)attempts 22–16goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Cizikas – Fritz7:55

    xG 0.07–0.30 (19%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Clutterbuck – Nelson9:22

    xG 0.25–0.71 (26%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Beauvillier11:21

    xG 0.33–1.34 (20%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pulock12:43

    xG 0.98–0.75 (57%)attempts 18–15goals 2–1

  2. Mayfield – Pelech16:04

    xG 1.30–1.31 (50%)attempts 18–22goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Leddy12:54

    xG 0.25–0.79 (24%)attempts 9–18goals 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.

NYI 5.1 xGCBJ 6.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #302 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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