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Sat, Nov 30, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ012010017039
NYI1131806227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:18NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:01NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Adam Pelech · Snap, 0.53 xG0–2
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 16:59NYIJosh Bailey: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
39Shots on goal27
4.5Expected goals3.2
67Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won19
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
17Hits37
8Blocked shots14
13Giveaways19
4Takeaways10

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. bestNash – Atkinson – Texier6:13

    xG 1.04–0.10 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Anderson – Milano – Dubois13:11

    xG 0.87–0.31 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Atkinson – Texier3:31

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Wennberg – Bemstrom2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov9:01

    xG 0.85–0.33 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Kukan8:25

    xG 0.75–0.46 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Gavrikov11:21

    xG 0.67–0.43 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal13:08

    xG 1.37–0.86 (62%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas11:43

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Nelson – Beauvillier12:34

    xG 1.07–0.81 (57%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Brassard – Koivula8:51

    xG 0.21–1.62 (12%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock18:46

    xG 0.94–0.73 (56%)attempts 8–22goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews16:51

    xG 1.15–1.37 (46%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy17:53

    xG 0.93–1.21 (44%)attempts 16–18goals 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.

NYI 3.2 xGCBJ 4.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1082 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 70% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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