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Sat, Mar 2, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Edmonton Oilers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1931005424
CBJ01001109030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27EDMZack KassianGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:07EDMJosh CurrieAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:53EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:26EDMAlex ChiassonAssists: Connor McDavid, Kris Russell · Slap, 0.16 xG4–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P3 8:17EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 13:42CBJBoone Jenner: Holding2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCBJ
24Shots on goal30
1.7Expected goals1.5
37Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
15Hits27
17Blocked shots7
4Giveaways13
8Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid15:42

    xG 0.57–0.33 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Rieder – Cave – Currie8:30

    xG 0.10–0.12 (47%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Gagner – Rattie5:52

    xG 0.02–0.16 (10%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins12:12

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse17:37

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 8–20goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom20:23

    xG 0.49–0.38 (56%)attempts 17–23goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Benning12:49

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Dzingel – Bjorkstrand4:35

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Atkinson – Duchene2:15

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Dzingel – Jenner – Anderson2:26

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Dzingel – Jenner – Bjorkstrand2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Werenski16:10

    xG 0.52–0.13 (81%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Harrington2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski3:17

    xG 0.02–0.02 (40%)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.

CBJ 1.5 xGEDM 1.7 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1220 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

CBJ winsEDM wins

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

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