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Wed, Oct 30, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 50% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI05011010026
CBJ0807211226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:43CBJDamon SeversonGWGAssists: Sean Kuraly, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:57CBJJustin DanforthENAssists: Cole Sillinger, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.77 xG0–2
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 13:50CBJJustin Danforth: Interference2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
26Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals2.7
75Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won18
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
23Hits18
12Blocked shots20
23Giveaways16
10Takeaways3

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Holmstrom7:25

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Barzal5:16

    xG 0.48–0.27 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Horvat – Barzal – Tsyplakov9:09

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Cizikas – MacLean2:10

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Dobson14:48

    xG 0.61–0.22 (73%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:11

    xG 0.73–0.58 (56%)attempts 21–14goals 0–1

  3. Mayfield – Pelech2:45

    xG 0.32–0.23 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMonahan – Marchenko – Chinakhov12:39

    xG 0.67–0.43 (61%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Kuraly – Labanc8:02

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese10:19

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Pyyhtia – Sillinger – Fantilli11:24

    xG 0.26–0.67 (28%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Christiansen16:53

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 18–20goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Harris11:32

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Werenski – Provorov18:54

    xG 0.63–0.98 (39%)attempts 18–23goals 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 2.7 xGNYI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1308 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 50% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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