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Tue, Oct 18, 2022·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Vancouver Canucks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 67% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN290811602335
CBJ0811221013433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:51VANBo HorvatSHAssists: Elias Pettersson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Slap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:11VANElias PetterssonAssists: Vasily Podkolzin, Nils Hoglander · Snap, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:42CBJJustin DanforthAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, Egor Chinakhov · Bat, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:18CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Boone Jenner, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:00VANBo HorvatAssists: Tucker Poolman, Quinn Hughes · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:27CBJJohnny GaudreauAssists: Boone Jenner, Jakub Voracek · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:21CBJVladislav GavrikovGWGAssists: Egor Chinakhov, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.17 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:04VANCurtis Lazar: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 16:17CBJMathieu Olivier: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:17VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 11:12CBJBoone Jenner: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 3:25CBJNick Blankenburg: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:10VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 min
  7. P3 14:34CBJGustav Nyquist: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCBJ
35Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts58
23Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
13Hits17
14Blocked shots16
3Giveaways9
11Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Pearson – Horvat – Boeser11:28

    xG 0.20–0.29 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko9:44

    xG 0.26–0.47 (35%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Pettersson – Hoglander – Podkolzin13:17

    xG 0.45–0.86 (35%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Lazar – Joshua – Aman7:12

    xG 0.21–0.69 (24%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson16:22

    xG 0.42–0.35 (54%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes2:07

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Stillman9:34

    xG 0.23–0.91 (20%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Gaudreau – Jenner15:08

    xG 0.82–0.08 (91%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Danforth – Chinakhov – Sillinger4:38

    xG 0.63–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson10:22

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  4. Roslovic – Danforth – Johnson4:25

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Peeke7:20

    xG 0.80–0.19 (81%)attempts 8–8goals 2–1

  2. Gudbranson – Werenski4:41

    xG 0.47–0.14 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Gavrikov3:54

    xG 0.10–0.02 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CBJ 3.4 xGVAN 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #162 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 67% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).