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Tue, Nov 6, 2018·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0901019128
CBJ11621216434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:00CBJAnthony DuclairPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Boone Jenner · Deflected, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:05CBJMarkus NutivaaraGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, David Savard · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:14CBJNick FolignoAssists: Alexander Wennberg · Slap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:55DALJamie BennPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, John Klingberg · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:06CBJRyan MurrayENAssists: Seth Jones, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.51 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:36DALJulius Honka: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 14:58DALRoman Polak: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 0:19CBJBoone Jenner: Interference2 min
  4. P3 2:37CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 10:36DALMattias Janmark: Slashing2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
28Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits22
14Blocked shots13
4Giveaways6
7Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDowling – Smith – Dickinson7:38

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Shore – Janmark7:55

    xG 0.28–0.16 (63%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin11:01

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa9:47

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Heatherington7:26

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen2:12

    xG 0.31–0.06 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell6:27

    xG 0.20–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Jenner – Anderson10:52

    xG 0.81–0.27 (75%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Sedlak – Duclair – Wennberg8:05

    xG 0.22–0.13 (62%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois12:07

    xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Nash – Hannikainen11:08

    xG 0.10–0.65 (14%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara6:31

    xG 0.23–0.04 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Nutivaara9:03

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Werenski – Kukan6:53

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

CBJ 3.3 xGDAL 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #962 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 69% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

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