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Sat, Oct 20, 2018·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 57% of the time.

CBJ winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11005311426
CBJ112016010138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:48CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Dominik Kahun, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:09CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Markus Nutivaara, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:43CHIMarcus KrugerGWGAssists: Alexandre Fortin, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:46CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brent Seabrook, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:23CHIPatrick KaneENAssists: Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.75 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:06CHIHenri Jokiharju: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:42CBJCam Atkinson: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:04CHIAndreas Martinsen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:00CHIHenri Jokiharju: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 3:55CBJAlexander Wennberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:29CHIDavid Kampf: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:13CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICBJ
26Shots on goal38
4.0Expected goals4.5
47Shot attempts77
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
4Hits12
15Blocked shots11
4Giveaways1
4Takeaways3

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Kane – Kruger – Fortin2:38

    xG 0.02–0.05 (30%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  2. Toews – DeBrincat – Kahun12:06

    xG 0.66–0.80 (45%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Kruger – Martinsen – Fortin5:47

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Saad – Kampf9:46

    xG 0.30–0.59 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Seabrook – Gustafsson12:49

    xG 0.71–0.78 (48%)attempts 15–16goals 2–0

  2. Keith – Jokiharju14:49

    xG 0.22–0.57 (28%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Davidson – Rutta12:39

    xG 0.23–0.69 (25%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestJenner – Anderson – Milano8:19

    xG 0.43–0.08 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois11:14

    xG 0.70–0.46 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

  3. Nash – Sedlak – Bjorkstrand7:17

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Duclair – Wennberg7:50

    xG 0.37–0.44 (46%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Kukan12:33

    xG 0.80–0.42 (66%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Werenski16:23

    xG 0.76–0.42 (64%)attempts 19–12goals 0–2

  3. Murray – Nutivaara12:33

    xG 0.49–0.55 (47%)attempts 9–13goals 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 4.5 xGCHI 4.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #813 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 57% of the time.

CBJ winsCHI wins

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

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