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Tue, Mar 5, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 73% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ140507022218
NJD0715016020130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: David Savard, Markus Nutivaara · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:00NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Blake Coleman, Andy Greene · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Blake Coleman stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson scored
  3. 3. NJD Drew Stafford stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Artemi Panarin scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:31NJDMichael McLeod: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:07CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 16:22CBJDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  4. OT 4:41NJDTravis Zajac: Slashing2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNJD
18Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals3.4
49Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits22
12Blocked shots14
5Giveaways14
5Takeaways4

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. bestFoligno – Atkinson – Duchene3:24

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Dzingel – Hannikainen2:43

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Dzingel – Wennberg3:06

    xG 0.15–0.03 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Bjorkstrand – Hannikainen2:33

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Nutivaara16:16

    xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Werenski19:21

    xG 0.39–0.68 (37%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Kukan10:56

    xG 0.19–0.87 (18%)attempts 5–19goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Agostino – Rooney10:55

    xG 0.70–0.14 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Noesen8:17

    xG 0.41–0.30 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Lappin – Anderson – McLeod8:38

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Agostino – Pietila – Gabriel2:15

    xG 0.08–0.04 (66%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson20:25

    xG 1.32–0.63 (68%)attempts 25–15goals 1–1

  2. Carrick – Butcher15:31

    xG 0.63–0.37 (63%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Santini – Yakovlev13:15

    xG 0.15–0.19 (43%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

NJD 3.4 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #793 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 73% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

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

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