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Fri, Jan 27, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1706113226
VAN313010211534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:25VANElias PetterssonSHAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:08CBJKirill MarchenkoPPAssists: Adam Boqvist, Patrik Laine · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:21VANQuinn HughesPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Bo Horvat · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:15VANIlya MikheyevGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:20VANDakota JoshuaAssists: Bo Horvat, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 12:52VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P3 16:52CBJKirill MarchenkoPPAssists: Boone Jenner, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:16VANJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:42CBJSean Kuraly: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:35VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:48CBJMathieu Olivier: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:13VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:00CBJErik Gudbranson: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:50VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:57CBJGavin Bayreuther: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← CBJ attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJVAN
26Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits28
10Blocked shots10
2Giveaways4
1Takeaways2

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. bestRoslovic – Bemstrom – Foudy5:09

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Kuraly – Olivier – Foudy4:41

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Bemstrom – Robinson – Sillinger2:39

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson6:40

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBayreuther – Boqvist11:27

    xG 0.58–0.32 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Gavrikov – Peeke15:20

    xG 0.37–0.66 (36%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Berni16:02

    xG 0.33–0.78 (30%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Joshua – Garland9:37

    xG 0.66–0.07 (90%)attempts 18–2goals 0–0

  2. Pederson – Pettersson – Kuzmenko8:05

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Lazar – Studnicka – Dries7:17

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Horvat – Boeser – Mikheyev10:03

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBear – Hughes14:04

    xG 0.87–0.31 (74%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson11:14

    xG 0.60–0.57 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Stillman2:43

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGCBJ 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #844 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

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

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