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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Boston Bruins 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS07014013034
CBJ1901325327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:27CBJAlexander WennbergGWGAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, Nathan Gerbe · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:46CBJKevin StenlundPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Emil Bemstrom · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:05CBJRiley NashUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:53CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 18:59BOSCharlie McAvoy: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:36CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:35BOSJoakim Nordstrom: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 12:35CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:34CBJSonny Milano: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 4:41BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:49CBJEric Robinson: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCBJ
34Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals2.0
64Shot attempts41
27Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
28Hits17
8Blocked shots19
7Giveaways10
1Takeaways9

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Ritchie – Heinen8:40

    xG 0.79–0.12 (86%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Bjork – DeBrusk10:23

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:47

    xG 0.28–0.26 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly6:59

    xG 0.01–0.40 (2%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – McAvoy5:31

    xG 0.46–0.18 (73%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy8:37

    xG 0.45–0.25 (65%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Moore9:18

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Wennberg – Stenlund7:18

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Nyquist – Jenner9:57

    xG 0.66–0.56 (54%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Milano – Dubois – Bemstrom8:33

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Robinson – Lilja8:40

    xG 0.34–0.66 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Gavrikov15:37

    xG 0.33–0.50 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  2. Harrington – Nutivaara9:34

    xG 0.43–0.75 (36%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski18:05

    xG 0.38–0.73 (35%)attempts 13–18goals 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 2.0 xGBOS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1027 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

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

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