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Mon, Feb 24, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Ottawa Senators 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT1111131801333
CBJ1151811715445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:10CBJNick FolignoAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:48OTTConnor BrownAssists: Chris Tierney, Christian Jaros · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:55OTTConnor BrownPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:32CBJNick FolignoAssists: Boone Jenner, Vladislav Gavrikov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:16OTTColin WhiteAssists: Jayce Hawryluk, Matthew Peca · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:45CBJStefan MatteauAssists: Scott Harrington, Kevin Stenlund · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:35CBJEmil BemstromGWGAssists: Zach Werenski, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.23 xG3–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 9:46CBJNick Foligno: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 19:46OTTBrady Tkachuk: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCBJ
33Shots on goal45
2.5Expected goals3.5
53Shot attempts70
34Faceoffs won25
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
22Hits19
13Blocked shots13
7Giveaways5
1Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Brown – Duclair8:01

    xG 0.35–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – White – Tkachuk2:36

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Sabourin – Paul2:23

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Peca – White – Tkachuk2:05

    xG 0.00–0.03 (15%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zaitsev22:29

    xG 1.01–0.84 (54%)attempts 17–29goals 0–2

  2. Englund – Jaros4:28

    xG 0.05–0.01 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Chabot24:21

    xG 1.20–1.30 (48%)attempts 22–24goals 2–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Jenner – Matteau8:37

    xG 0.76–0.34 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Nyquist – Jenner9:18

    xG 0.47–0.09 (83%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Gerbe – Matteau – Stenlund3:26

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Nyquist – Dubois9:12

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Peeke13:27

    xG 1.10–0.47 (70%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov19:05

    xG 0.50–0.55 (48%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Werenski – Nutivaara20:20

    xG 0.47–1.27 (27%)attempts 19–23goals 1–2

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 3.5 xGOTT 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #188 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 66% of the time.

CBJ winsOTT wins

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

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