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Sun, Apr 7, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Minnesota Wild 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

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.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0921114324
CBJ0804012024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:13MINRyan SuterPPGWGAssists: Jason Pominville, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:03MINCharlie CoylePPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Devin Setoguchi · Snap, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:35MINJason PominvilleAssists: Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:41MINZenon Konopka: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:31CBJBlake Comeau: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:52MINMikko Koivu: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 7:54CBJArtem Anisimov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:54CBJVinny Prospal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:57MINDevin Setoguchi: Holding2 min
  7. P3 7:55MINClayton Stoner: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Letestu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCBJ
24Shots on goal24
2.0Expected goals0.9
41Shot attempts43
27Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits22
18Blocked shots10
1Giveaways3
6Takeaways6

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. bestRupp – Konopka – Mitchell7:32

    xG 0.22–0.08 (73%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Pominville – Parise12:25

    xG 0.40–0.27 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Bouchard – Setoguchi – Granlund10:11

    xG 0.11–0.10 (51%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Clutterbuck – Coyle11:29

    xG 0.17–0.23 (44%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFalk – Prosser11:06

    xG 0.28–0.08 (79%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon2:17

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Brodin17:20

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Gaborik – Letestu10:18

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Calvert – Atkinson9:01

    xG 0.25–0.23 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen8:11

    xG 0.05–0.05 (48%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Comeau – Gillies3:01

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Goloubef10:12

    xG 0.21–0.04 (83%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Prout9:56

    xG 0.23–0.10 (70%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Wisniewski3:15

    xG 0.10–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–1goals 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 0.9 xGMIN 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #633 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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).