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Thu, Jan 16, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 86% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR09115110234
CBJ140727318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07CBJEmil BemstromAssists: Cam Atkinson, Vladislav Gavrikov · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:38CARMartin NecasAssists: Lucas Wallmark · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:51CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Markus Nutivaara · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:05CARJordan StaalAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:19CBJNick FolignoGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:54CARWarren Foegele: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:46CBJScott Harrington: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:10CARRyan Dzingel: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
34Shots on goal18
3.4Expected goals1.3
73Shot attempts31
27Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits19
9Blocked shots26
9Giveaways19
3Takeaways8

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Foegele – Aho12:01

    xG 0.81–0.22 (78%)attempts 14–5goals 0–2

  2. Niederreiter – Martinook – McGinn9:16

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  3. Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas10:42

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov11:07

    xG 0.32–0.47 (41%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin10:54

    xG 0.71–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk8:13

    xG 0.56–0.20 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Edmundson – Pesce13:46

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 22–7goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Wennberg – Stenlund4:59

    xG 0.25–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Dubois – Bemstrom5:08

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Nash – Robinson3:13

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

  4. Jenner – Stenlund – Lilja4:02

    xG 0.06–0.10 (38%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Gavrikov14:31

    xG 0.58–0.67 (47%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

  2. Harrington – Nutivaara11:11

    xG 0.05–0.34 (13%)attempts 4–13goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Werenski19:29

    xG 0.57–1.45 (28%)attempts 15–30goals 1–1

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 1.3 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #598 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 86% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).