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Sat, Oct 12, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

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

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ112113110335
CAR110111011232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:17CBJMarkus NutivaaraAssists: Ryan Murray, Alexander Wennberg · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:44CARErik HaulaAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:51CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Warren Foegele · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:08CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Ryan Murray, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:15CBJPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Backhand, 0.25 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:19CBJAlexandre Texier: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:52CARAndrei Svechnikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:34CARJordan Staal: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:37CBJSeth Jones: Interference2 min
  5. P2 10:10CBJBoone Jenner: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:31CARHaydn Fleury: Holding2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
35Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals2.2
60Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits29
11Blocked shots10
6Giveaways10
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. bestNyquist – Atkinson – Dubois10:18

    xG 1.11–0.64 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Texier – Bemstrom2:50

    xG 0.13–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg12:12

    xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  4. Jenner – Texier – Bemstrom3:08

    xG 0.05–0.10 (32%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara13:44

    xG 1.43–0.21 (87%)attempts 17–9goals 3–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov13:01

    xG 0.19–0.41 (32%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski14:28

    xG 0.47–0.95 (33%)attempts 16–19goals 0–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Teravainen – Aho11:41

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Foegele – Wallmark – Gauthier7:40

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Haula – Dzingel – Necas9:08

    xG 0.14–0.21 (41%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Staal – McGinn – Svechnikov11:36

    xG 0.86–1.09 (44%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Pesce5:59

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin14:18

    xG 0.59–0.51 (54%)attempts 14–15goals 2–0

  3. Edmundson – Pesce10:47

    xG 0.80–0.88 (48%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

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.

CAR 2.2 xGCBJ 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #595 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 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, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 77% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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