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Mon, Feb 10, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (OT)

Expected result

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

CBJ winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL1120601111230
CBJ081150900132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:29TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Brayden Point · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:44CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Emil Bemstrom · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:31TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:29TBLKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:29CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:10TBLPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:10CBJNathan Gerbe: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 17:10TBLLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:34CBJNick Foligno: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P2 1:21CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Holding2 min
  8. P2 7:51TBLLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 13:21TBLCarter Verhaeghe: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 16:32CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCBJ
30Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.4
52Shot attempts58
23Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
23Hits38
14Blocked shots10
11Giveaways7
8Takeaways7

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Johnson – Cirelli12:46

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Gourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens7:48

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Palat – Kucherov – Point12:08

    xG 0.30–0.44 (40%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Paquette – Joseph6:11

    xG 0.02–0.23 (7%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Cernak10:23

    xG 0.43–0.27 (61%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Hedman8:29

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Cernak – Sergachev6:36

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Jenner – Foudy8:39

    xG 0.32–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Milano – Stenlund – Bemstrom7:23

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Nash – Robinson7:41

    xG 0.07–0.10 (42%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Dubois12:29

    xG 0.48–0.59 (45%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Nutivaara16:24

    xG 0.46–0.22 (67%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov17:06

    xG 0.51–0.40 (56%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Peeke11:02

    xG 0.31–0.32 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

CBJ 2.4 xGTBL 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #729 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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