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Sat, Mar 7, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 88% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ02109116146
EDM1706311424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:08EDMAlex ChiassonAssists: Jujhar Khaira, James Neal · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:29EDMCaleb JonesGWGAssists: Kris Russell, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:25EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Zack Kassian, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:01CBJGustav NyquistAssists: Zach Werenski, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:30EDMRiley SheahanENAssists: Josh Archibald · Wrist, 0.48 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:00EDMJujhar Khaira: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 7:37EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 11:06CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Kneeing2 min
  4. P3 18:07EDMJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 18:25CBJKevin Stenlund: Holding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJEDM
46Shots on goal24
5.3Expected goals2.4
70Shot attempts37
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits34
9Blocked shots10
5Giveaways16
10Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestWennberg – Dubois – Bemstrom14:57

    xG 1.57–1.00 (61%)attempts 17–14goals 0–2

  2. Foligno – Nyquist – Jenner11:44

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Matteau – Shore – Lilja5:43

    xG 0.10–0.17 (38%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Stenlund – Robinson8:46

    xG 0.24–0.42 (37%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Nutivaara19:25

    xG 1.33–0.59 (69%)attempts 25–10goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov16:31

    xG 1.25–0.60 (68%)attempts 17–15goals 0–3

  3. Harrington – Peeke11:36

    xG 0.81–0.55 (59%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Neal – Chiasson – Khaira9:02

    xG 0.18–0.14 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  2. Ennis – Draisaitl – Yamamoto16:27

    xG 0.88–0.89 (50%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Archibald – Athanasiou8:27

    xG 0.19–0.59 (24%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:15

    xG 0.68–1.32 (34%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nurse – Bear18:36

    xG 0.96–0.96 (50%)attempts 16–20goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Jones12:22

    xG 0.21–0.49 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom15:18

    xG 0.54–1.18 (32%)attempts 10–15goals 2–0

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.

EDM 2.4 xGCBJ 5.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #873 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 88% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

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

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