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Sat, Nov 9, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ21801607241
COL113213110436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:55CBJEmil BemstromPPAssists: Seth Jones, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:06COLSamuel GirardPPAssists: Vladislav Kamenev, Tyson Jost · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:06CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:52COLCale MakarAssists: Ryan Graves, Matt Nieto · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:11COLCale MakarGWGAssists: Tyson Jost, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:54COLNazem KadriUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:03COLRyan Graves: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:39CBJDean Kukan: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:16COLMatt Calvert: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 17:15CBJNick Foligno: Charging5 min
  5. P2 17:15CBJNick Foligno: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P3 4:14COLMark Barberio: Interference2 min
  7. P3 7:02COLTyson Jost: 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 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCOL
41Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
17Penalty minutes8
20Hits15
16Blocked shots14
2Giveaways9
7Takeaways12

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. bestWennberg – Sherwood – Bemstrom4:43

    xG 0.49–0.07 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Atkinson – Texier7:10

    xG 0.25–0.07 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Dubois11:35

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

  4. Atkinson – Wennberg – Texier2:36

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov12:53

    xG 1.03–0.19 (84%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  2. Harrington – Kukan11:34

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski15:19

    xG 0.35–0.69 (34%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestNieto – Nichushkin – Bellemare7:13

    xG 0.37–0.11 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Tynan – Burakovsky – Kamenev3:18

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Donskoi – MacKinnon13:44

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Compher – Jost6:10

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGraves – Makar7:32

    xG 0.71–0.57 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  2. Girard – Makar4:03

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Girard12:15

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 12–6goals 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.

COL 2.6 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #581 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

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

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