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Tue, Mar 19, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 78% of the time.

CGY winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ19012112233
CGY21411116431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:25CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:44CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Derek Ryan, Austin Czarnik · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:52CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mark Jankowski, Austin Czarnik · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:35CGYMichael FrolikGWGAssists: TJ Brodie, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:28CBJOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Josh Anderson, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:09CGYMatthew TkachukENAssists: Mikael Backlund, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:27CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:46CGYGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 1:46CBJAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 14:55CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:08CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:22CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Delaying game bench2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCGY
33Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals4.5
66Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won39
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
24Hits14
10Blocked shots14
10Giveaways28
11Takeaways20

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 – Dubois13:44

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 20–6goals 1–1

  2. Atkinson – Duchene – Panarin2:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg3:19

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Nash – Sedlak2:05

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski18:05

    xG 0.69–0.44 (61%)attempts 20–8goals 0–2

  2. Savard – Werenski2:33

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Kukan4:50

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJankowski – Mangiapane – Czarnik11:15

    xG 0.54–0.31 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Quine – Lazar – Hathaway2:57

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Ryan13:35

    xG 0.60–0.60 (50%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk13:49

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin14:33

    xG 1.40–0.89 (61%)attempts 22–18goals 2–1

  2. Andersson – Fantenberg13:27

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie16:02

    xG 0.31–0.56 (36%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

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.

CGY 4.5 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #706 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 78% of the time.

CGY winsCBJ wins

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

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