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Sat, Mar 13, 2021·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 64% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL1101111801330
CBJ172501014426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:07CBJMax DomiAssists: Jack Roslovic, Emil Bemstrom · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:44DALAndrew CoglianoAssists: Radek Faksa, Jamie Oleksiak · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:17DALAndrej SekeraAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Blake Comeau · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:45CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Max Domi, Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:45CBJNick FolignoAssists: Zach Werenski · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:08DALDenis GurianovAssists: Jason Dickinson, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:55CBJZach WerenskiGWGAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–4
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 9:02DALJoel Hanley: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
30Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals3.1
66Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won30
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
29Hits27
12Blocked shots21
2Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Robertson – Kiviranta9:46

    xG 0.39–0.12 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov13:01

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. Caamano – Gardner – L'Esperance7:35

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa12:56

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell19:21

    xG 0.82–0.47 (64%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1

  2. Klingberg – Hanley2:35

    xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen20:03

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestJenner – Bemstrom – Robinson5:59

    xG 0.58–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Domi – Roslovic – Bemstrom4:34

    xG 0.22–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Stenlund – Texier6:02

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Atkinson – Domi – Roslovic6:56

    xG 0.44–0.51 (47%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov19:50

    xG 0.85–0.78 (52%)attempts 12–29goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Werenski21:56

    xG 0.45–0.44 (51%)attempts 19–15goals 1–1

  3. Del Zotto – Kukan14:22

    xG 0.30–0.65 (32%)attempts 9–16goals 0–2

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 3.1 xGDAL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #201 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 64% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

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

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