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Sat, Jan 12, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Washington Capitals 1 (OT)

Expected result

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

WSH winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ17060811222
WSH0110911201133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:00CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Markus Nutivaara, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:54WSHEvgeny KuznetsovAssists: John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:30CBJArtemi PanarinPPGWGAssists: Seth Jones · Slap, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:52WSHJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:06CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:43CBJCam Atkinson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:46WSHAlex Ovechkin: Interference2 min
  5. OT 3:18WSHNicklas Backstrom: Slashing2 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 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWSH
22Shots on goal33
3.1Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts63
36Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits20
16Blocked shots13
6Giveaways11
14Takeaways6

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 – Dubois13:56

    xG 0.89–0.26 (78%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Sedlak – Bjorkstrand6:03

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson13:58

    xG 0.49–0.55 (47%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Wennberg – Stenlund9:55

    xG 0.28–0.54 (34%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Kukan12:12

    xG 0.74–0.12 (86%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Nutivaara15:44

    xG 0.88–0.36 (71%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Werenski3:23

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Backstrom – Vrana10:27

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom2:22

    xG 0.25–0.05 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Dowd – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson6:00

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson13:25

    xG 0.40–0.60 (40%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Kempny16:20

    xG 0.86–0.77 (53%)attempts 25–11goals 0–1

  2. Orpik – Siegenthaler11:32

    xG 0.41–0.34 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – Orlov3:19

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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.

WSH 2.2 xGCBJ 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #680 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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.

WSH winsCBJ wins

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

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