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Sat, Dec 14, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Ottawa Senators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ1100822003341
OTT281120512427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:16OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Logan Brown, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:53CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Ryan Murray, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:05OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Artem Anisimov, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:17OTTConnor BrownUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:44CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Eric Robinson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:31CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Eric Robinson · Snap, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:56OTTAnthony DuclairPPGWGAssists: Thomas Chabot, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Slap, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:21OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:21CBJJosh Anderson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:58OTTConnor Brown: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:52CBJSeth Jones: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:01OTTAnthony Duclair: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:43CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:33OTTColin White: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 16:52OTTTyler Ennis: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 1:40CBJAlexander Wennberg: Slashing2 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 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJOTT
41Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.5
66Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
28Hits29
15Blocked shots11
6Giveaways11
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. bestDubois – Texier – Robinson3:05

    xG 0.45–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 2–0

  2. Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg5:43

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Atkinson – Jenner5:50

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand6:33

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Jones3:43

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Murray9:36

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Gavrikov – Peeke11:10

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Brown – Tkachuk12:25

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

  2. Anisimov – Ennis – White6:47

    xG 0.01–0.15 (8%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair7:16

    xG 0.09–0.24 (26%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Paul – Brown – Davidsson3:25

    xG 0.05–0.23 (17%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Borowiecki3:25

    xG 0.44–0.07 (87%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Chabot12:55

    xG 0.35–0.05 (87%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Goloubef – Borowiecki2:29

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

OTT 2.5 xGCBJ 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #192 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsCBJ wins

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

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