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Tue, Jan 29, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 52% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0513111219
MIN2801513326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:23MINMikko KoivuAssists: Jonas Brodin, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:21MINTom GilbertAssists: Mikko Koivu, Clayton Stoner · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:59CBJMark LetestuAssists: Jared Boll, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.48 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:32CBJJack JohnsonPPAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:41MINPierre-Marc BouchardGWGAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Justin Falk · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:00MINDarroll Powe: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:00CBJColton Gillies: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:33CBJFedor Tyutin: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:42CBJAdrian Aucoin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 6:54CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:54MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:56MINDarroll Powe: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 7:25MINMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:06MINTom Gilbert: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 15:49CBJFedor Tyutin: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  11. P3 16:13MINZach Parise: Holding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
19Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals1.6
51Shot attempts41
23Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
14Penalty minutes18
22Hits16
8Blocked shots18
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways13

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Boll – Letestu4:05

    xG 0.79–0.11 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Prospal – Foligno – Johansen4:12

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Dubinsky – Dorsett3:13

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Dorsett – Anisimov2:45

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Johnson17:55

    xG 0.33–0.21 (61%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  2. Aucoin – Moore9:28

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Moore4:01

    xG 0.06–0.22 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Koivu – Parise13:30

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  2. Cullen – Brodziak – Clutterbuck9:06

    xG 0.18–0.07 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Konopka – Mitchell – Powe5:42

    xG 0.03–0.02 (58%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Bouchard – Setoguchi – Granlund6:51

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFalk – Scandella12:33

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Gilbert – Stoner15:33

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Brodin14:44

    xG 0.31–0.99 (24%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

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.

MIN 1.6 xGCBJ 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #254 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 52% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).