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Fri, Nov 1, 2019·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, St. Louis Blues 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

STL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ1112110800330
STL18290911427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:05STLRobert ThomasAssists: Tyler Bozak, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:54CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:41CBJSonny MilanoAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Scott Harrington · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:36CBJOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:07STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: David Perron, Jaden Schwartz · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:33STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Mackenzie MacEachern · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:08STLDavid PerronPPGWGAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:35CBJSonny Milano: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 10:09STLDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 9:49STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:27CBJSonny Milano: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:59STLZachary Sanford: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:11CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 18:08CBJSonny Milano: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJSTL
30Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.3
49Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits21
15Blocked shots7
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways7

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. bestBjorkstrand – Wennberg – Milano8:20

    xG 0.62–0.04 (94%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Nyquist – Atkinson – Dubois10:47

    xG 0.80–0.57 (58%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson10:24

    xG 0.54–0.51 (51%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  4. Nash – Bemstrom – Lilja4:34

    xG 0.06–0.06 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Harrington11:56

    xG 0.71–0.22 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Werenski – Kukan12:19

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Gavrikov15:01

    xG 0.70–0.77 (48%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev9:59

    xG 0.67–0.56 (54%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Steen – Schenn – Schwartz2:27

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Bozak – Blais – Thomas2:40

    xG 0.04–0.03 (63%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Bozak – Thomas5:53

    xG 0.11–0.12 (47%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo7:27

    xG 0.49–0.11 (81%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Parayko11:10

    xG 0.66–0.56 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Faulk2:28

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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.

STL 2.3 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #169 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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.

STL winsCBJ wins

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

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