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Fri, Oct 11, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Anaheim Ducks 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA082708223
CBJ0101908127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:59ANAJakob SilfverbergSHAssists: Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:56ANACam FowlerGWGAssists: Ondrej Kase, Jacob Larsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:16CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:51ANANick Ritchie: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:25ANAMichael Del Zotto: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:20ANARyan Getzlaf: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 8:24CBJCam Atkinson: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACBJ
23Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals2.2
44Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won17
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
28Hits16
15Blocked shots15
8Giveaways12
6Takeaways12

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Kase – Comtois9:21

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Shore – Ritchie – Terry7:51

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell11:26

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney7:49

    xG 0.05–0.20 (21%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Holzer – Larsson12:12

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Fowler15:37

    xG 0.25–0.34 (42%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm16:52

    xG 0.84–1.08 (44%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Atkinson – Dubois12:11

    xG 0.91–0.28 (77%)attempts 20–5goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Milano – Lilja4:41

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Texier7:56

    xG 0.15–0.02 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Bemstrom4:40

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski17:01

    xG 0.97–0.74 (57%)attempts 24–19goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara14:27

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Gavrikov13:57

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 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 2.2 xGANA 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #901 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 54% of the time.

CBJ winsANA wins

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

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