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Tue, Mar 26, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 85% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0100907026
CBJ17015311433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:43CBJRyan DzingelPPGWGAssists: Zach Werenski, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:38CBJArtemi PanarinAssists: Cam Atkinson, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:14CBJOliver BjorkstrandUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:33CBJCam AtkinsonENAssists: Matt Duchene, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.62 xG0–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:00NYIMathew Barzal: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:10CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:10NYIMathew Barzal: Roughing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
26Shots on goal33
1.9Expected goals4.2
50Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won35
0Power plays1
4Penalty minutes2
18Hits25
9Blocked shots14
8Giveaways7
9Takeaways14

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Barzal15:23

    xG 0.53–0.19 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas11:45

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Nelson – Dal Colle11:47

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Beauvillier – Fritz8:10

    xG 0.15–0.75 (17%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Toews14:36

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy14:39

    xG 0.44–0.58 (44%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

  3. Pelech – Pulock17:59

    xG 0.37–0.96 (28%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Foligno – Nash10:16

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Dzingel – Anderson12:16

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg10:20

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  4. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois13:12

    xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Nutivaara19:38

    xG 0.76–0.36 (68%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Werenski15:51

    xG 0.57–0.39 (59%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Kukan3:26

    xG 0.13–0.23 (37%)attempts 3–4goals 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 4.2 xGNYI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1238 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 85% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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