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Fri, Jan 19, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New Jersey Devils 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 53% of the time.

CBJ winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01141309433
CBJ15014011130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:21CBJCole SillingerAssists: Egor Chinakhov, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:28NJDJohn MarinoAssists: Simon Nemec · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:40NJDAlexander HoltzGWGAssists: Cal Foote, Max Willman · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:31NJDNico HischierUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:43NJDNathan BastianAssists: Kevin Bahl · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:58NJDErik Haula: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:27CBJIvan Provorov: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:34NJDTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:38CBJAndrew Peeke: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:23CBJJack Roslovic: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:39NJDKevin Bahl: Interference2 min
  7. P3 0:46CBJAlexandre Texier: High sticking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Sillinger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCBJ
33Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.6
67Shot attempts70
34Faceoffs won19
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits24
19Blocked shots19
1Giveaways4
2Takeaways6

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Willman – Holtz7:34

    xG 0.34–0.09 (80%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Bratt – Hischier9:49

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Meier – McLeod – Mercer10:38

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 8–21goals 0–1

  4. Haula – Lazar – Bastian8:23

    xG 0.31–0.66 (32%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Nemec14:52

    xG 0.79–0.51 (61%)attempts 15–20goals 1–0

  2. Foote – Bahl12:39

    xG 0.34–0.53 (39%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  3. Miller – Hughes13:01

    xG 0.42–0.99 (29%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchenko – Voronkov – Johnson8:18

    xG 0.81–0.28 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Kuraly – Danforth – Texier10:08

    xG 0.55–0.29 (65%)attempts 28–8goals 0–1

  3. Gaudreau – Chinakhov – Sillinger9:35

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 1–2

  4. Jenner – Roslovic – Fantilli11:51

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Peeke8:40

    xG 0.81–0.21 (80%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Bean11:53

    xG 0.56–0.46 (55%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Provorov – Boqvist4:15

    xG 0.05–0.10 (32%)attempts 4–2goals 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 2.6 xGNJD 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #889 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

CBJ winsNJD wins

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

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