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Thu, Mar 21, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 66% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ051807120
EDM0218312422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:35CBJDavid SavardAssists: Markus Nutivaara, Ryan Dzingel · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:17EDMKyle BrodziakAssists: Joseph Gambardella, Josh Currie · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:45EDMZack KassianGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:02EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:15EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Andrej Sekera · Slap, 0.27 xG1–4
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 14:49CBJMatt Duchene: Tripping2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJEDM
20Shots on goal22
1.7Expected goals2.6
42Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won30
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
25Hits30
21Blocked shots14
8Giveaways14
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. bestAtkinson – Panarin – Dubois4:22

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Dzingel – Anderson6:11

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Nash – Robinson4:55

    xG 0.04–0.10 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Jenner – Bjorkstrand2:02

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Nutivaara21:12

    xG 0.66–0.68 (49%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Harrington10:44

    xG 0.33–0.57 (37%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski23:00

    xG 0.66–0.99 (40%)attempts 19–24goals 0–3

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid5:51

    xG 0.59–0.06 (91%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  2. Gagner – Rieder – Cave8:10

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Chiasson – Draisaitl8:25

    xG 0.13–0.17 (42%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Currie – Gambardella3:53

    xG 0.11–0.20 (36%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse16:49

    xG 0.96–0.56 (63%)attempts 20–11goals 2–0

  2. Sekera – Benning17:11

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom21:48

    xG 0.49–0.85 (37%)attempts 15–21goals 0–1

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.

EDM 2.6 xGCBJ 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #848 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 66% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

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

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