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Fri, Nov 24, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ2110809228
NJD16012020138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:04CBJBoone JennerAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:15NJDAlexander HoltzAssists: Ondrej Palat · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:23CBJEric RobinsonGWGAssists: Justin Danforth, Erik Gudbranson · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:23NJDAlexander Holtz: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 12:58CBJDmitri Voronkov: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 3:26CBJDavid Jiricek: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 13:15NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Hooking2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNJD
28Shots on goal38
2.1Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts79
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits29
22Blocked shots16
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways15

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. bestGaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko14:10

    xG 0.82–0.56 (59%)attempts 12–22goals 1–0

  2. Kuraly – Danforth – Robinson9:23

    xG 0.31–0.11 (74%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Laine – Voronkov – Fantilli7:26

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Olivier – Chinakhov – Sillinger6:33

    xG 0.10–0.34 (22%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Boqvist12:57

    xG 0.75–0.44 (63%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Provorov – Jiricek9:36

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Werenski2:09

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – McLeod – Holtz2:55

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Bratt – Hughes14:22

    xG 0.55–0.49 (53%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  3. Bastian – McLeod – Mercer3:03

    xG 0.01–0.05 (21%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Palat – Holtz6:26

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Bahl8:27

    xG 0.40–0.13 (76%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Siegenthaler – Marino2:19

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Hughes11:42

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

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.

NJD 2.5 xGCBJ 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #932 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsCBJ wins

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

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