Sun, Jan 19, 2020·Madison Square Garden, New York
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, New York Rangers 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 52% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 09 | 08 | 214 | 231 |
| NYR | 111 | 07 | 014 | 132 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 18:23NYRBrady SkjeiAssists: Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
- P3 6:08CBJOliver BjorkstrandUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
- P3 19:33CBJOliver BjorkstrandGWGAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (1)
- P1 16:15NYRBrady Skjei: High sticking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Strome
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestNyquist – Atkinson – Wennberg5:27
xG 0.58–0.32 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0
- Gerbe – Foligno – Jenner8:23
xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Dubois5:42
xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 4–6goals 2–0
- Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Dubois7:49
xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestJones – Werenski23:52
xG 1.37–0.75 (65%)attempts 26–19goals 1–0
- Savard – Gavrikov17:08
xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0
- Harrington – Nutivaara12:31
xG 0.37–0.75 (33%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0
New York Rangers
Forward lines
- bestFast – Strome – Panarin14:21
xG 0.62–0.56 (53%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1
- Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich7:57
xG 0.15–0.22 (41%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Howden – Chytil – Kakko9:58
xG 0.21–0.40 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0
- Kreider – Zibanejad – Lemieux6:31
xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestFox – Lindgren11:36
xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0
- DeAngelo – Lindgren2:22
xG 0.11–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Trouba – Fox2:40
xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 52% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NYR − CBJ), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).