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Sun, Mar 24, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

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

VAN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1921628533
VAN090804021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:19CBJJosh AndersonGWGAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Adam McQuaid · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:56CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:02CBJRyan DzingelAssists: Josh Anderson · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 7:32CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Boone Jenner, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–0
  5. P3 10:54CBJJosh AndersonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:06VANLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:13CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:28CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 13:22CBJJosh Anderson: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 8:43CBJArtemi Panarin: Holding2 min
  6. P3 14:50VANAdam Gaudette: Hooking2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJVAN
33Shots on goal21
3.4Expected goals1.9
54Shot attempts47
30Faceoffs won24
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
9Hits29
13Blocked shots12
2Giveaways8
5Takeaways8

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. bestJenner – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg7:27

    xG 0.99–0.11 (90%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois10:45

    xG 0.82–0.50 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Dzingel – Anderson9:31

    xG 0.46–0.18 (71%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Dubinsky – Nash – Hannikainen9:45

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Kukan11:57

    xG 0.73–0.16 (82%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Savard – Nutivaara15:44

    xG 0.68–0.19 (79%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski15:58

    xG 1.12–0.63 (64%)attempts 19–13goals 2–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Beagle – Granlund – Goldobin2:14

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Beagle – Granlund – Virtanen3:39

    xG 0.02–0.13 (16%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Virtanen – Goldobin – Gaudette4:22

    xG 0.03–0.23 (13%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat8:38

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Sautner13:17

    xG 0.16–0.53 (24%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  2. Pouliot – Stecher14:09

    xG 0.23–0.82 (22%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Biega14:58

    xG 0.43–1.12 (28%)attempts 13–21goals 0–3

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.

VAN 1.9 xGCBJ 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1170 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50VAN 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.

VAN winsCBJ wins

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

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