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Mon, Jan 15, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Vancouver Canucks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 76% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN21411005010330
CBJ1712517041443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:28VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Nikita Zadorov · Slap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:55CBJEgor ChinakhovAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:54VANConor GarlandAssists: Teddy Blueger, Dakota Joshua · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:28CBJDmitri VoronkovPPAssists: Adam Boqvist, Johnny Gaudreau · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:35VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:57CBJDmitri VoronkovAssists: Jack Roslovic · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  2. 2. VAN Andrei Kuzmenko stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Egor Chinakhov stopped
  4. 4. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Kent Johnson stopped
  6. 6. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  7. 7. CBJ Kirill Marchenko scored
  8. 8. VAN Pius Suter stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:26CBJJack Roslovic: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:24VANIan Cole: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:53VANJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:02CBJJake Bean: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:09CBJDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 16:24VANNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min
  7. P2 18:24VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 1:48CBJDmitri Voronkov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. OT 2:28VANElias Pettersson: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Sillinger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCBJ
30Shots on goal43
3.0Expected goals4.8
55Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won23
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits19
11Blocked shots15
6Giveaways4
2Takeaways4

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. Blueger – Joshua – Garland9:38

    xG 0.36–0.47 (44%)attempts 3–12goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson12:04

    xG 0.46–0.92 (33%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman8:27

    xG 0.15–0.63 (19%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Suter – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko10:19

    xG 0.51–1.10 (32%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Soucy15:23

    xG 1.12–0.56 (67%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  2. Soucy – Hronek2:15

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Hronek – Hughes15:24

    xG 0.88–1.06 (45%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestRoslovic – Marchenko – Voronkov9:46

    xG 1.11–0.12 (91%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Chinakhov – Sillinger13:56

    xG 1.20–0.83 (59%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Kuraly – Danforth – Texier9:18

    xG 0.64–0.35 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Bemstrom – Johnson – Fantilli8:31

    xG 0.12–0.72 (14%)attempts 4–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Bean15:14

    xG 1.21–0.24 (84%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Provorov – Peeke12:06

    xG 1.25–1.00 (56%)attempts 16–15goals 2–2

  3. Severson – Boqvist14:50

    xG 0.60–0.83 (42%)attempts 17–13goals 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 4.8 xGVAN 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 75/100 · #379 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 20% (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 76% of the time.

CBJ winsVAN wins

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

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