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Tue, Feb 7, 2012·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Minnesota Wild 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 83% of the time.

CBJ winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1701309129
CBJ11419114337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:59CBJDavid SavardAssists: Vinny Prospal, Grant Clitsome · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:39MINNate ProsserAssists: Justin Falk, Carson McMillan · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:31CBJAntoine VermettePPGWGAssists: Rick Nash, Fedor Tyutin · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:38CBJJeff CarterAssists: Colton Gillies, David Savard · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:16MINNick Schultz: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:10MINNate Prosser: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:10CBJDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:55CBJDerek Dorsett: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 8:31MINCal Clutterbuck: Charging2 min
  6. P2 12:46CBJDavid Savard: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 15:23MINNick Schultz: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 0:46MINGreg Zanon: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 10:01MINNick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 16:36MINNick Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 19:35MINMarek Zidlicky: 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
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCBJ
29Shots on goal37
1.5Expected goals3.5
41Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won22
2Power plays7
19Penalty minutes9
17Hits32
12Blocked shots6
4Giveaways5
3Takeaways10

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. bestPeters – Ortmeyer – Kassian3:20

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Clutterbuck – McMillan8:19

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Heatley – Brodziak – Johnson14:35

    xG 0.21–0.34 (38%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Christensen – Setoguchi – Powe7:24

    xG 0.10–1.34 (7%)attempts 2–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Spurgeon12:03

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Spurgeon2:11

    xG 0.09–0.04 (67%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Zidlicky11:36

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Carter – Gillies8:41

    xG 0.84–0.16 (84%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  2. Pahlsson – Vermette – Dorsett4:51

    xG 0.63–0.16 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Nash – Brassard9:09

    xG 0.18–0.29 (39%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Boll – Russell5:59

    xG 0.02–0.18 (12%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClitsome – Savard9:20

    xG 1.37–0.50 (73%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson13:38

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Moore16:27

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 14–11goals 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 3.5 xGMIN 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #936 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 83% 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).