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Mon, Dec 17, 2018·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Vegas Golden Knights 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 65% of the time.

CBJ winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VGK0707014028
CBJ08013110131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 0:40CBJNick FolignoGWGAssists: Seth Jones, Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.40 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:02VGKOscar Lindberg: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:54VGKDeryk Engelland: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 2:05CBJScott Harrington: Tripping2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKCBJ
28Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals3.0
51Shot attempts45
18Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
25Hits18
5Blocked shots15
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways12

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Marchessault – Tuch2:26

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek2:29

    xG 0.12–0.07 (61%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Eakin – Lindberg – Nosek8:03

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Eakin – Lindberg2:59

    xG 0.05–0.10 (32%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Miller12:18

    xG 0.47–0.41 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. McNabb – Schmidt17:41

    xG 0.22–0.74 (23%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Theodore15:59

    xG 0.36–0.99 (27%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Duclair – Dubois13:11

    xG 0.72–0.63 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Sedlak – Jenner – Bjorkstrand11:18

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Anderson – Wennberg15:09

    xG 0.84–0.77 (52%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Nash – Hannikainen9:25

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Jones19:38

    xG 1.46–0.60 (71%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Werenski19:10

    xG 0.40–0.38 (52%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Nutivaara10:21

    xG 0.35–0.66 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 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 3.0 xGVGK 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1252 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsVGK wins

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

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