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Thu, Oct 11, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ21715210532
FLA11132208441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:29CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson · Slap, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:20CBJArtemi PanarinAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:49FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:29FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:57FLATroy BrouwerAssists: Mark Pysyk · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:16CBJAnthony DuclairPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:51FLANick BjugstadAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Keith Yandle · Slap, 0.25 xG3–4
  8. P3 1:15CBJBoone JennerAssists: Scott Harrington, Riley Nash · Slap, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:14CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Markus Nutivaara, Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.18 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:58CBJAlexander Wennberg: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:47FLAFrank Vatrano: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:17FLAMike Matheson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:14CBJJosh Anderson: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:40FLAAlexander Petrovic: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJFLA
32Shots on goal41
4.3Expected goals3.6
59Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won39
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
7Hits18
5Blocked shots14
14Giveaways18
7Takeaways12

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 – Dubois12:08

    xG 1.10–0.48 (70%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  2. Duclair – Panarin – Dubois2:18

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Sedlak – Bjorkstrand – Milano5:10

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Jenner – Anderson13:47

    xG 0.29–1.03 (22%)attempts 11–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara17:01

    xG 0.58–0.43 (57%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Savard – Werenski20:13

    xG 0.79–0.78 (50%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Murray2:09

    xG 0.33–0.44 (43%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Sceviour – Lammikko7:58

    xG 0.91–0.01 (98%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Hoffman – Trocheck – Huberdeau13:09

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. McCann – Vatrano – Malgin10:54

    xG 0.46–0.53 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov12:21

    xG 0.62–0.83 (43%)attempts 13–12goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad18:08

    xG 1.30–0.34 (79%)attempts 20–11goals 2–2

  2. Petrovic – MacDonald11:51

    xG 0.66–0.22 (75%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson17:34

    xG 1.06–0.99 (52%)attempts 15–20goals 2–1

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.

FLA 3.6 xGCBJ 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #67 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 61% of the time.

FLA winsCBJ wins

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

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