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Mon, Nov 12, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ01011018228
DAL0918010127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:29CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:20DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:21CBJPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Ryan Murray · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:47CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:13DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:13CBJJosh Anderson: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:46CBJArtemi Panarin: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 15:26CBJAnthony Duclair: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 1:04DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:52DALTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 5:54CBJSeth Jones: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 5:54DALBlake Comeau: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 10:07DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 13:16CBJRiley Nash: Cross checking2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
28Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.8
58Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
15Hits25
24Blocked shots24
8Giveaways21
7Takeaways8

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. bestDubinsky – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg6:28

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson10:15

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Duclair – Hannikainen3:09

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois9:47

    xG 0.71–0.80 (47%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Jones18:22

    xG 0.95–0.67 (59%)attempts 21–18goals 1–1

  2. Harrington – Werenski4:33

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Werenski2:19

    xG 0.01–0.09 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin11:06

    xG 0.71–0.38 (65%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

  2. Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa5:15

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Ritchie – Janmark2:17

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Seguin – Janmark2:18

    xG 0.01–0.13 (10%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHonka – Heiskanen12:03

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 16–17goals 1–1

  2. Polak – Lindell3:56

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Heiskanen2:41

    xG 0.03–0.01 (74%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

DAL 2.8 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #800 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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