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Thu, Oct 24, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR390301200324
CBJ182150414431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:21CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Emil Bemstrom, Riley Nash · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:32CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Warren Foegele, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:43CARRyan DzingelAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P1 12:32CARSebastian AhoAssists: Brett Pesce, Lucas Wallmark · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:57CBJRyan MurrayAssists: Boone Jenner, David Savard · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:23CBJSonny MilanoAssists: David Savard, Ryan Murray · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:28CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.25 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:55CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:35CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min
  3. P2 17:30CBJSeth Jones: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:08CBJSonny Milano: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 8:47CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:06CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 13:06CARJoel Edmundson: Slashing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
24Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.1
52Shot attempts49
18Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits16
12Blocked shots19
10Giveaways8
5Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Dzingel – Necas7:22

    xG 0.37–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Niederreiter – Teravainen3:48

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Wallmark – Aho4:23

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov8:12

    xG 0.06–0.15 (26%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce3:09

    xG 0.10–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Pesce12:12

    xG 0.18–0.22 (45%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  3. Hamilton – Slavin16:35

    xG 0.55–0.61 (47%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Texier – Bemstrom5:34

    xG 0.12–0.05 (68%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Atkinson – Dubois10:46

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Jenner – Anderson – Milano5:58

    xG 0.37–0.48 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 2–2

  4. Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Dubois2:25

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski15:40

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Murray15:17

    xG 0.53–0.48 (53%)attempts 11–13goals 2–1

  3. Harrington – Gavrikov11:57

    xG 0.23–0.70 (25%)attempts 7–15goals 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.

CBJ 3.1 xGCAR 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #209 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 68% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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