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Mon, Dec 27, 2010·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Minnesota Wild 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 74% of the time.

CBJ winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN111114111041340
CBJ071628013422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:59MINChuck KobasewAssists: Nick Schultz, Brad Staubitz · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:16CBJDerick BrassardAssists: Kristian Huselius, Rick Nash · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:58MINMikko KoivuAssists: Antti Miettinen, Marek Zidlicky · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:54CBJFedor TyutinAssists: Jared Boll, Rick Nash · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:35CBJAndrew MurrayAssists: Marc Methot, Samuel Pahlsson · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:38MINCal ClutterbuckAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Chuck Kobasew · Tip-in, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Rick Nash scored
  2. 2. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Kyle Wilson scored
  4. 4. MIN Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored
  5. 5. CBJ Kristian Huselius scored
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 9:29CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:29MINBrad Staubitz: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:10CBJMarc Methot: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:29CBJSamuel Pahlsson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 2:48CBJMike Commodore: Boarding5 min
  6. P2 5:24MINKyle Brodziak: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 6:57CBJFedor Tyutin: Elbowing2 min
  8. P2 10:05CBJSamuel Pahlsson: Interference2 min
  9. P2 18:33CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 18:33MINBrad Staubitz: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 3:27MINBrad Staubitz: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 3:27CBJTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 9:15CBJMarc Methot: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 9:15CBJMarc Methot: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 9:15MINCam Barker: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 9:49MINAndrew Brunette: Slashing2 min
  17. P3 9:49CBJDerick Brassard: Holding the stick2 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 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCBJ
40Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals1.7
69Shot attempts40
31Faceoffs won30
7Power plays0
18Penalty minutes31
23Hits34
8Blocked shots17
2Giveaways1
4Takeaways6

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. bestCullen – Kobasew – Staubitz2:43

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Madden – Kobasew – Nystrom2:05

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Madden – Nystrom – Clutterbuck8:04

    xG 0.04–0.10 (29%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Bouchard – Brodziak9:30

    xG 0.13–0.30 (29%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Scandella12:49

    xG 0.62–0.11 (84%)attempts 18–6goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Zanon13:06

    xG 0.70–0.37 (66%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Zidlicky – Barker10:47

    xG 0.11–0.68 (14%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMoreau – Clark – Pahlsson4:34

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Sestito – Brassard6:18

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Huselius – Vermette – Nash10:57

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Moreau – Pahlsson – Murray3:31

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Methot12:13

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  2. Commodore – Russell10:24

    xG 0.19–0.18 (52%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Tyutin – Stralman14:02

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 14–10goals 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 1.7 xGMIN 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #72 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.67 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 74% 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).