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Tue, Jan 23, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1130905127
EDM1805311424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:30EDMWarren FoegelePPAssists: Evander Kane, Darnell Nurse · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:25CBJDmitri VoronkovAssists: Kent Johnson · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:53EDMEvander KaneGWGAssists: Warren Foegele, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:48EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Cody Ceci · Snap, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:36EDMDylan HollowayAssists: Connor Brown, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:10CBJAndrew Peeke: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:37EDMWarren Foegele: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:00EDMMattias Ekholm: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:00CBJSean Kuraly: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:33CBJBoone Jenner: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:41EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 6:45EDMDerek Ryan: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 18:38EDMSam Gagner: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Sillinger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJEDM
27Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals3.5
57Shot attempts49
24Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
25Hits28
15Blocked shots16
13Giveaways26
13Takeaways9

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. bestMarchenko – Voronkov – Johnson8:23

    xG 0.96–0.32 (75%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Chinakhov – Sillinger11:12

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Danforth – Texier9:15

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Jenner – Roslovic – Fantilli11:26

    xG 0.40–1.27 (24%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Bean13:08

    xG 0.94–0.75 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  2. Severson – Boqvist17:39

    xG 0.73–0.97 (43%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

  3. Provorov – Peeke10:34

    xG 0.47–1.05 (31%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele3:34

    xG 0.73–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Brown – McLeod – Holloway3:47

    xG 0.66–0.16 (80%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid8:12

    xG 0.57–0.18 (76%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid6:26

    xG 0.64–0.27 (70%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais11:04

    xG 0.92–0.55 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard17:54

    xG 0.88–0.57 (61%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse14:55

    xG 0.79–1.22 (39%)attempts 11–21goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGCBJ 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #946 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsCBJ wins

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

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