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Mon, Nov 25, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Ottawa Senators 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT080809025
CBJ070715119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 0:21CBJOliver BjorkstrandGWGAssists: Zach Werenski, Boone Jenner · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:08OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 5:09CBJBoone Jenner: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 17:33OTTNick Paul: Interference2 min
  4. P3 8:36OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 9:45CBJZach Werenski: Interference2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCBJ
25Shots on goal19
2.3Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits18
15Blocked shots14
13Giveaways13
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Brown – Tkachuk8:42

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Pageau – Brown – Paul12:58

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Chlapik – Beaudin5:08

    xG 0.17–0.36 (33%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Tierney – White9:03

    xG 0.06–0.51 (11%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev3:16

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Lajoie – Zaitsev7:44

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Chabot15:38

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand10:49

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  2. Atkinson – Dubois – Texier7:12

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Milano – Bemstrom8:19

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Wennberg – Robinson8:00

    xG 0.18–0.37 (32%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKukan – Gavrikov10:06

    xG 0.63–0.25 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Murray15:56

    xG 0.52–0.45 (53%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski14:42

    xG 0.61–0.55 (53%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

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.

CBJ 2.2 xGOTT 2.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1011 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

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

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