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Sat, Jan 27, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Vancouver Canucks 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 83% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ044140902429
VAN0121831212534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:30CBJAlexandre TexierSHAssists: Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:14CBJSean KuralyAssists: Alexandre Texier, Justin Danforth · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:20VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller, Pius Suter · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:27CBJJake BeanAssists: Egor Chinakhov · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:24CBJKirill MarchenkoPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Zach Werenski · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:11VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 3:24VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Pius Suter, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:28VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.37 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:01VANElias PetterssonGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Deflected, 0.24 xG4–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 3:24CBJDmitri Voronkov: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 10:11VANNils Hoglander: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:43VANNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:29CBJDamon Severson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:22CBJDmitri Voronkov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:35CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:55VANTyler Myers: Elbowing5 min
  8. P3 11:55VANTyler Myers: Game misconduct10 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
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Voronkov won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJVAN
29Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals4.5
55Shot attempts70
20Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes19
25Hits27
13Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways10

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. bestJenner – Danforth – Fantilli2:09

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Kuraly – Danforth – Texier7:23

    xG 0.16–0.33 (32%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Gaudreau – Chinakhov – Sillinger12:09

    xG 0.38–0.64 (38%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  4. Jenner – Roslovic – Fantilli8:58

    xG 0.14–0.63 (18%)attempts 2–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Peeke – Bean5:55

    xG 0.02–0.02 (49%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Werenski – Bean6:16

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Severson – Provorov15:14

    xG 0.56–0.62 (47%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Joshua – Garland10:45

    xG 1.14–0.12 (90%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Suter10:37

    xG 0.73–0.22 (77%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

  3. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko7:17

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Lafferty – Pettersson – Hoglander2:25

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes18:00

    xG 1.23–0.54 (70%)attempts 22–14goals 0–1

  2. Zadorov – Juulsen12:24

    xG 0.88–0.25 (78%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Myers10:05

    xG 0.14–0.31 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

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 4.5 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
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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 97/100 · #50 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 83% of the time.

VAN winsCBJ wins

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

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