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Sun, Feb 25, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Rangers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 65% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11418018240
CBJ116314011441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34CBJDmitri VoronkovPPAssists: Kirill Marchenko, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:22NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Adam Fox · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:18CBJKirill MarchenkoAssists: Dmitri Voronkov, Egor Chinakhov · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:11NYRAdam EdstromAssists: Matt Rempe · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:57CBJJack RoslovicGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:35CBJIvan ProvorovAssists: Jack Roslovic, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:12CBJMathieu Olivier: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:12NYRMatt Rempe: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 2:34NYRJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:34CBJIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:13NYRJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  6. P3 12:43NYRRyan Lindgren: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 17:37CBJDmitri Voronkov: Delaying game face off violation2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCBJ
40Shots on goal41
3.3Expected goals4.2
89Shot attempts75
38Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
11Hits10
16Blocked shots26
0Giveaways5
5Takeaways5

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 York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Vesey4:21

    xG 0.25–0.02 (91%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin6:04

    xG 0.61–0.46 (57%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Edstrom – Rempe4:37

    xG 0.17–0.18 (49%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Vesey – Brodzinski – Cuylle3:26

    xG 0.01–0.03 (31%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Fox2:57

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren15:21

    xG 0.55–0.64 (46%)attempts 19–22goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Miller10:43

    xG 0.33–1.01 (24%)attempts 11–15goals 0–3

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov9:51

    xG 1.70–0.41 (80%)attempts 25–9goals 1–1

  2. Kuraly – Olivier – Danforth7:04

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Johnson – Sillinger10:13

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Jenner – Roslovic15:20

    xG 0.93–0.88 (51%)attempts 15–30goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Boqvist15:04

    xG 1.94–0.62 (76%)attempts 23–22goals 1–0

  2. Severson – Provorov12:35

    xG 1.00–0.53 (65%)attempts 23–15goals 1–1

  3. Gudbranson – Bean13:14

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 4.2 xGNYR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #751 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsNYR wins

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

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