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Sat, Apr 13, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 81% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ062806022322
MIN115010114020241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:59MINPierre-Marc BouchardAssists: Brett Clark, Jason Pominville · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:53CBJVinny ProspalAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Dalton Prout · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:18CBJFedor TyutinAssists: Vinny Prospal, Brandon Dubinsky · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:45MINJason PominvillePPAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.57 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Zach Parise stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Mark Letestu scored
  3. 3. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Cam Atkinson scored
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:17MINCharlie Coyle: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  2. P1 0:17MINCharlie Coyle: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:17CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Instigator2 min
  4. P1 0:17CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 0:17CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Instigator misconduct10 min
  6. P1 8:59CBJAdrian Aucoin: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 14:17MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 14:17CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 11:20CBJJames Wisniewski: Elbowing2 min
  10. P2 19:21MINPierre-Marc Bouchard: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 9:32CBJNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 16:01CBJDalton Prout: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackMIN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
22Shots on goal41
1.4Expected goals3.2
46Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
30Penalty minutes22
21Hits18
12Blocked shots16
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways3

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. Letestu – Calvert – Atkinson2:10

    xG 0.04–0.01 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Prospal – Gaborik – Dubinsky2:38

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 5–1goals 2–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Letestu2:04

    xG 0.02–0.06 (27%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen2:34

    xG 0.02–0.18 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Prout12:51

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Johnson2:16

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – Wisniewski12:30

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestSetoguchi – Zucker – Granlund8:22

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Koivu – Parise – Setoguchi4:25

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Bouchard – Brodziak4:50

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Rupp – Mitchell – Clutterbuck5:37

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Spurgeon10:42

    xG 0.36–0.10 (79%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Brodin15:07

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Gilbert – Suter2:16

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

MIN 3.2 xGCBJ 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 84/100 · #121 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 81% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

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

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