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Thu, Dec 29, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 76% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ070717121
NYI013213010236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:12NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Zach Parise, Hudson Fasching · Backhand, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:39NYIMathew BarzalPPGWGAssists: Brock Nelson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:38CBJEmil BemstromAssists: Marcus Bjork, Johnny Gaudreau · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:06CBJAndrew Peeke: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:53NYIHudson Fasching: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 15:05CBJSean Kuraly: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:07NYISebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:31CBJJohnny Gaudreau: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:31CBJJohnny Gaudreau: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:31NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Roughing2 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 SOG0NYI
49% to win51% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Kuraly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
21Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals3.3
50Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits13
13Blocked shots16
10Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Meyer – Foudy – Sillinger4:06

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Marchenko – Johnson5:36

    xG 0.34–0.44 (43%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson7:33

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Roslovic – Bemstrom7:11

    xG 0.10–0.65 (13%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gavrikov – Bjork9:43

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Berni9:39

    xG 0.05–0.50 (9%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Peeke – Boqvist8:51

    xG 0.18–0.72 (20%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Pageau – Fasching2:16

    xG 0.66–0.06 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier7:23

    xG 0.49–0.12 (81%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Cizikas – Pageau3:24

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Cizikas – Barzal2:39

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Aho8:53

    xG 0.87–0.11 (89%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Pulock – Wotherspoon8:15

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Dobson – Romanov8:20

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 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.

NYI 3.3 xGCBJ 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1195 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 76% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

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

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