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Sat, Mar 20, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ010010210012331
CAR010111113031237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:29CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:39CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Kevin Stenlund · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:47CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:31CBJSeth JonesAssists: Patrik Laine, Jack Roslovic · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Dougie Hamilton scored
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. CAR Martin Necas stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Max Domi stopped
  5. 5. CAR Andrei Svechnikov stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Patrik Laine scored
  7. 7. CAR Nino Niederreiter stopped
  8. 8. CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:41CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  2. P2 11:24CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min
  3. P3 6:33CARJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  4. OT 1:44CBJSeth Jones: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Martinook won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
31Shots on goal37
2.0Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
37Hits26
20Blocked shots14
21Giveaways17
5Takeaways3

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. bestAtkinson – Domi – Roslovic12:42

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Bjorkstrand – Stenlund – Laine3:12

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Stenlund – Laine8:19

    xG 0.25–0.28 (48%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Matteau – MacInnis – Robinson7:01

    xG 0.12–0.34 (25%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Del Zotto – Kukan13:09

    xG 0.24–0.45 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski18:12

    xG 0.63–1.09 (37%)attempts 20–23goals 1–1

  3. Savard – Gavrikov16:03

    xG 0.29–0.85 (25%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Fast – Svechnikov11:10

    xG 0.91–0.18 (83%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Martinook – McGinn – Foegele9:32

    xG 0.50–0.12 (81%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Paquette – Lorentz – Geekie6:14

    xG 0.30–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Aho – Necas15:41

    xG 0.49–0.61 (44%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce18:21

    xG 1.31–0.55 (70%)attempts 28–14goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin15:23

    xG 0.92–0.35 (72%)attempts 20–15goals 1–1

  3. Fleury – Bean11:48

    xG 0.15–0.23 (40%)attempts 5–7goals 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.

CAR 3.4 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #195 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).