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Fri, Dec 6, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Minnesota Wild 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 79% of the time.

CBJ winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN070805020
CBJ09218214441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:17CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:40CBJNick FolignoPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, R.J. Umberger · Backhand, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:38CBJBoone JennerAssists: Blake Comeau, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:05CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Nick Foligno, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:40CBJFedor Tyutin: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:00MINKeith Ballard: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 4:37MINMatt Cooke: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:15CBJArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 7:03CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 16:53CBJR.J. Umberger: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 16:53MINRyan Suter: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:22CBJR.J. Umberger: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:22MINKeith Ballard: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 1:30MINClayton Stoner: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCBJ
20Shots on goal41
1.4Expected goals3.0
40Shot attempts57
21Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits25
9Blocked shots12
0Giveaways4
4Takeaways1

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. Koivu – Pominville – Parise12:07

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Coyle – Niederreiter7:33

    xG 0.09–0.39 (18%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

  3. Cooke – Brodziak – Mitchell9:33

    xG 0.14–0.60 (19%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  4. Rupp – Haula – Fontaine6:05

    xG 0.00–0.47 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stoner – Spurgeon2:23

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

  2. Ballard – Scandella2:11

    xG 0.07–0.12 (38%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Brodin12:39

    xG 0.22–0.38 (37%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Anisimov – Jenner8:04

    xG 0.72–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–0goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson8:39

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Johansen11:33

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. MacKenzie – Letestu – Tropp6:32

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray11:44

    xG 1.09–0.10 (92%)attempts 23–4goals 3–0

  2. Nikitin – Prout16:43

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson12:44

    xG 0.14–0.06 (68%)attempts 6–6goals 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 3.0 xGMIN 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1136 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 79% 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).