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Fri, Feb 22, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 77% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ11301829340
OTT080905022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:43CBJJosh AndersonGWGAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Anthony Duclair · Slap, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:45CBJCam AtkinsonSHAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:14CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Zach Werenski, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:45OTTMaxime Lajoie: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:51OTTBrady Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 9:55OTTChristian Jaros: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 12:13OTTColin White: Holding2 min
  5. P1 18:25CBJAnthony Duclair: Holding2 min
  6. P2 6:44CBJBoone Jenner: Holding2 min
  7. P2 12:46CBJScott Harrington: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 5:01CBJNick Foligno: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJOTT
40Shots on goal22
3.9Expected goals2.3
64Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits20
8Blocked shots11
12Giveaways16
9Takeaways10

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 – Duchene – Panarin10:26

    xG 0.92–0.21 (81%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Nash – Robinson8:48

    xG 0.78–0.10 (89%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Duclair – Bjorkstrand – Dubois7:55

    xG 0.37–0.44 (45%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson8:37

    xG 0.03–0.75 (3%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Kukan11:46

    xG 0.90–0.39 (70%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Werenski11:53

    xG 0.75–0.41 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Nutivaara3:12

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestWhite – Chlapik – Balcers2:23

    xG 0.41–0.13 (75%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Chlapik – Balcers3:19

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Paajarvi – Pageau – White3:05

    xG 0.20–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Boedker – Brown – Batherson2:32

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ceci – Chabot4:34

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  2. Harpur – Jaros9:43

    xG 0.25–0.33 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Lajoie11:39

    xG 0.49–0.77 (39%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGCBJ 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1126 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50OTT 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 77% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

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

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