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Thu, Feb 6, 2025·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Utah Hockey Club 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 75% of the time.

CBJ winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
UTA0112110714333
CBJ13190901222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:51CBJJustin DanforthAssists: Jordan Harris · Snap, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:06UTALawson CrouseAssists: Josh Doan, Michael Kesselring · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:33UTAOlli MaattaAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Liam O'Brien · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:21CBJIvan ProvorovSHAssists: Zach Werenski · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:27UTADylan GuentherGWGAssists: Connor Ingram · Snap, 0.34 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:00CBJMathieu Olivier: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 17:26CBJDamon Severson: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 17:26CBJDamon Severson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 17:26UTAMichael Kesselring: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 3:59UTAMichael Kesselring: Holding2 min
  6. P3 9:41UTAJack McBain: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 18:38CBJZach Werenski: 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.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTACBJ
33Shots on goal22
4.7Expected goals2.9
79Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
20Hits19
14Blocked shots16
20Giveaways22
3Takeaways3

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.

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestCarcone – Hayton – Guenther10:51

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Crouse – McBain – Doan7:55

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  3. Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller11:46

    xG 0.94–0.92 (50%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – O'Brien – Stenlund8:29

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Kesselring12:44

    xG 0.82–0.03 (97%)attempts 19–3goals 0–0

  2. Marino – Sergachev13:16

    xG 1.00–0.52 (66%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Marino2:19

    xG 0.02–0.19 (12%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestVoronkov – Johnson – Fantilli14:55

    xG 1.35–0.58 (70%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese9:45

    xG 0.44–0.37 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Sillinger – Del Bel Belluz9:23

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Provorov19:53

    xG 1.14–0.56 (67%)attempts 23–20goals 0–0

  2. Harris – Christiansen4:14

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  3. Severson – Mateychuk13:07

    xG 0.50–0.51 (49%)attempts 8–19goals 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 2.9 xGUTA 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJUTA

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 UTA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #359 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 75% of the time.

CBJ winsUTA wins

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

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