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Tue, Jan 26, 2021·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Florida Panthers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 69% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA11016110052431
CBJ230618051322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11CBJKevin StenlundAssists: Mikko Koivu, Dean Kukan · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:17CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Boone Jenner · Slap, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:11FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Anthony Duclair, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:53FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:20CBJCam AtkinsonSHAssists: Nick Foligno, David Savard · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:57FLAPatric HornqvistAssists: Aaron Ekblad, MacKenzie Weegar · Tip-in, 0.25 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Mikko Koivu stopped
  2. 2. FLA Frank Vatrano stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  4. 4. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  5. 5. CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand scored
  6. 6. FLA Anthony Duclair stopped
  7. 7. CBJ Max Domi stopped
  8. 8. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  9. 9. CBJ Mikhail Grigorenko stopped
  10. 10. FLA Patric Hornqvist scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:50CBJNick Foligno: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:57FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:30FLAOwen Tippett: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 6:30CBJDavid Savard: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 7:03FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:17CBJMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:24FLARadko Gudas: High sticking2 min
  8. OT 2:44FLAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACBJ
31Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals2.2
65Shot attempts36
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
17Hits23
10Blocked shots12
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways2

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg7:44

    xG 0.47–0.09 (84%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Connolly – Hinostroza – Acciari6:25

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov12:07

    xG 0.77–0.69 (53%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  4. Vatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen5:03

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Forsling11:14

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Gudas8:09

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  3. Yandle – Stralman2:10

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestJenner – Bjorkstrand – Texier3:53

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Grigorenko – Domi2:51

    xG 0.07–0.03 (71%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Jenner – Stenlund3:58

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Grigorenko – Stenlund5:13

    xG 0.12–0.13 (49%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Werenski13:32

    xG 0.55–0.66 (45%)attempts 10–17goals 1–2

  2. Savard – Gavrikov14:32

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Kukan11:32

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

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 2.2 xGFLA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #92 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 69% of the time.

CBJ winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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