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Fri, Apr 5, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 86% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ01501129061341
NYR0619111010227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:47NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:25CBJRyan DzingelAssists: Nick Foligno, David Savard · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:27CBJArtemi PanarinAssists: David Savard · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:53NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. NYR Mika Zibanejad stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Artemi Panarin scored
  5. 5. NYR Tony DeAngelo stopped
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:55NYRVinni Lettieri: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P3 6:03NYRBrady Skjei: 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 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYR
41Shots on goal27
5.3Expected goals2.6
74Shot attempts44
48Faceoffs won23
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
17Hits29
9Blocked shots15
9Giveaways21
11Takeaways9

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. bestDubinsky – Nash – Jenner4:37

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Dzingel – Anderson – Dubois4:05

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois8:45

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  4. Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Texier6:45

    xG 0.54–0.43 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski21:56

    xG 1.51–0.74 (67%)attempts 27–8goals 0–1

  2. Savard – Nutivaara19:17

    xG 0.86–0.39 (69%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Kukan9:46

    xG 0.56–0.55 (51%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich14:13

    xG 0.97–0.66 (59%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Vesey – Howden – Lettieri11:15

    xG 0.99–0.75 (57%)attempts 16–12goals 0–2

  3. Strome – Namestnikov – Lemieux9:54

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindgren – Pionk10:27

    xG 0.68–0.41 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Skjei16:31

    xG 0.84–0.67 (56%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Pionk2:03

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

NYR 2.6 xGCBJ 5.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #295 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 86% of the time.

NYR winsCBJ wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).