Sat, Mar 29, 2025·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Ottawa Senators 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 112 | 04 | 114 | 230 |
| OTT | 28 | 112 | 07 | 327 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 7:24OTTRidly GreigAssists: Thomas Chabot, Shane Pinto · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
- P1 7:55CBJBoone JennerAssists: Zach Werenski, Denton Mateychuk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
- P1 14:08OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Dylan Cozens, Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
- P2 9:17OTTJake SandersonGWGAssists: Shane Pinto, Ridly Greig · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–3
- P3 11:02CBJKirill MarchenkoAssists: Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
- P1 16:49OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
- P2 5:40CBJKent Johnson: Slashing2 min
- P2 10:25CBJBoone Jenner: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Cozens won the faceoff against Danforth
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- Jenner – Johnson – Fantilli13:00
xG 0.84–0.85 (50%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1
- Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov12:46
xG 0.31–0.55 (36%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1
- Olivier – Danforth – Sillinger11:19
xG 0.21–0.46 (31%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0
- Kuraly – Kunin – Aston-Reese7:46
xG 0.03–0.50 (6%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestProvorov – Mateychuk2:31
xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
- Severson – Werenski3:42
xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0
- Werenski – Provorov2:37
xG 0.25–0.28 (48%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
Ottawa Senators
Forward lines
- bestAmadio – Highmore – Gaudette5:42
xG 0.60–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Tkachuk – Pinto – Greig11:45
xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0
- Perron – Batherson – Cozens11:34
xG 0.57–0.34 (63%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0
- Giroux – Zetterlund – Stützle11:18
xG 0.38–0.58 (40%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSanderson – Zub16:40
xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1
- Kleven – Matinpalo13:21
xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0
- Jensen – Chabot17:06
xG 0.84–1.03 (45%)attempts 18–24goals 1–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (OTT − CBJ), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).