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Sun, Dec 29, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

CBJ winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI0408211072330
CBJ2901308031233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:54CBJRiley NashAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, David Savard · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:40CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Nick Foligno, Nathan Gerbe · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:33CHIDylan StromeAssists: Connor Murphy, Alex DeBrincat · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:58CHIErik GustafssonPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Dominik Kubalik · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Pierre-Luc Dubois stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  3. 3. CBJ Gustav Nyquist scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  5. 5. CBJ Nathan Gerbe stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:28CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:55CBJAlexander Wennberg: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 13:43CBJKevin Stenlund: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:16CHIDylan Strome: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:01CHISlater Koekkoek: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:01CBJNathan Gerbe: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 13:51CBJAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 16:16CBJSeth Jones: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  9. OT 1:05CBJNick Foligno: High sticking2 min
  10. OT 4:41CHIDylan Strome: Too many men on the ice2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICBJ
30Shots on goal33
2.1Expected goals2.7
64Shot attempts52
31Faceoffs won26
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
9Hits9
10Blocked shots23
9Giveaways8
4Takeaways6

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Carpenter – Nylander3:27

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Carpenter6:16

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Highmore – Kampf6:54

    xG 0.05–0.12 (29%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Strome – DeBrincat – Dach13:09

    xG 0.42–0.56 (43%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Murphy4:20

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Boqvist12:05

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Koekkoek – Gilbert10:10

    xG 0.17–0.47 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Foligno – Dubois8:38

    xG 0.60–0.24 (71%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Nyquist – Jenner – Stenlund9:06

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Dubois – Texier – Robinson2:15

    xG 0.02–0.01 (61%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Nash – MacInnis – Lilja5:04

    xG 0.06–0.06 (49%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski14:44

    xG 0.80–0.17 (83%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Kukan2:11

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Gavrikov16:26

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 12–15goals 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 2.7 xGCHI 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #295 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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.

CBJ winsCHI wins

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

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