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Fri, Oct 18, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 59% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ01511111300239
CHI1100811312333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:35CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:33CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Cam Atkinson, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:55CBJMarkus NutivaaraUnassisted · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:08CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Erik Gustafsson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:46CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Patrick Kane · Deflected, 0.20 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:13CHIAndrew Shaw: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:00CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:54CBJAlexander Wennberg: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:58CHIAndrew Shaw: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:35CHIRobin Lehner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:58CBJSeth Jones: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:00CHIBrent Seabrook: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:13CBJVladislav Gavrikov: 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 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Atkinson won the faceoff against Kampf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCHI
39Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals3.2
62Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won24
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits32
14Blocked shots14
12Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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. bestFoligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg9:54

    xG 0.76–0.14 (85%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Jenner – Texier – Bemstrom7:26

    xG 0.28–0.08 (79%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Milano – Lilja4:55

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Nyquist – Atkinson – Dubois10:13

    xG 0.37–0.55 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski13:25

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov14:27

    xG 0.55–0.61 (47%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Nutivaara10:01

    xG 0.72–0.83 (46%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Shaw – Strome11:24

    xG 0.78–0.58 (57%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Saad – Kubalik – Kampf9:37

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Toews – DeBrincat – Caggiula10:01

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  4. Smith – Carpenter – Nylander6:05

    xG 0.08–0.21 (27%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy14:59

    xG 0.57–0.45 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  2. de Haan – Murphy2:11

    xG 0.11–0.12 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Maatta9:24

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

CHI 3.2 xGCBJ 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #291 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 59% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

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

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