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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Minnesota Wild 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 72% of the time.

CBJ winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11013111324
CBJ111116010237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:49MINBrent BurnsPPAssists: Matt Cullen · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:18CBJRick NashAssists: Derick Brassard, Rostislav Klesla · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:45CBJKyle WilsonAssists: Marc Methot, Jared Boll · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:20MINBrent BurnsPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Martin Havlat · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:31MINCal ClutterbuckGWGAssists: Eric Nystrom, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:45MINMatt Kassian: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:45CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:28CBJKyle Wilson: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P1 12:18CBJNikita Filatov: Holding2 min
  5. P1 18:00MINBrent Burns: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 2:43MINJohn Madden: Holding2 min
  7. P2 14:10CBJRostislav Klesla: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:21MINClayton Stoner: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 1:12CBJAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 5:55MINCal Clutterbuck: Boarding2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Madden won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCBJ
24Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals3.2
47Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
21Hits28
17Blocked shots15
4Giveaways3
6Takeaways5

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Brunette – Koivu – Clutterbuck10:19

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Brunette – Havlat – Koivu2:08

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Staubitz – Kassian – Almond2:24

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Madden – Nystrom – Wellman7:32

    xG 0.21–0.28 (43%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Burns5:53

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Burns13:51

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Falk10:55

    xG 0.53–0.54 (49%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Brassard – Voracek11:49

    xG 0.80–0.26 (76%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. MacKenzie – Wilson – Boll4:32

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Vermette – Umberger – Filatov9:37

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Clark – Pahlsson – Dorsett12:08

    xG 0.51–0.56 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Russell12:41

    xG 0.50–0.18 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Stralman14:49

    xG 0.74–0.46 (62%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  3. Klesla – Methot12:47

    xG 0.50–0.48 (51%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGMIN 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 56/100 · #518 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 72% of the time.

CBJ winsMIN wins

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

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