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Mon, Oct 21, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ2901511014438
TOR2131120600331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:31CBJRiley NashSHAssists: Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:52CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Nick Foligno, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:25TORKasperi KapanenSHAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:21TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Jake Muzzin · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:43TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:09CBJAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:57CBJGustav NyquistGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:15CBJBoone Jenner: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:52TORAndreas Johnsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:08CBJRyan Murray: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:42TORAlexander Kerfoot: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:24TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:03TORJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:52TORFrederik Gauthier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. OT 1:57TORMitch Marner: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Foligno won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTOR
38Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts61
22Faceoffs won43
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
15Hits26
18Blocked shots11
12Giveaways11
13Takeaways6

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 – Atkinson – Dubois8:54

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Milano2:21

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg6:26

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Milano – Bemstrom3:05

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov12:59

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara14:24

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Werenski14:04

    xG 0.48–0.61 (44%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnsson – Nylander – Matthews9:58

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Kapanen – Moore7:48

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Shore – Gauthier – Timashov6:28

    xG 0.04–0.05 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Nylander – Mikheyev2:52

    xG 0.03–0.07 (32%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Holl3:13

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Barrie13:48

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Marincin – Holl5:48

    xG 0.13–0.15 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 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.

TOR 2.2 xGCBJ 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #152 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TOR 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 75% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

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

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