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Sat, Mar 15, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Minnesota Wild 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 67% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ01111106013229
MIN01201218012133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:38CBJDalton ProutAssists: Jack Johnson, Matt Calvert · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:12MINJason PominvilleAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Zach Parise scored
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. MIN Mikko Koivu scored
  4. 4. CBJ Artem Anisimov scored
  5. 5. MIN Jason Pominville stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Mark Letestu scored
  7. 7. MIN Matt Moulson stopped
  8. 8. CBJ Ryan Johansen scored
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 9:04CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 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
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKenzie won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
29Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won26
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
23Hits17
10Blocked shots10
1Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

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. MacKenzie – Letestu – Tropp10:22

    xG 0.51–0.49 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Johansen – Jenner12:44

    xG 0.38–0.40 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Letestu – Calvert2:28

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Dubinsky – Calvert13:45

    xG 0.57–0.85 (40%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nikitin – Savard15:38

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Wisniewski17:32

    xG 0.59–0.78 (43%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Prout21:31

    xG 0.60–1.16 (34%)attempts 17–28goals 1–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Parise – Granlund14:47

    xG 0.72–0.40 (64%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Moulson – Niederreiter13:49

    xG 0.52–0.20 (72%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – McCormick – Haula7:48

    xG 0.51–0.38 (57%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Brodziak – Coyle11:51

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Brodin19:43

    xG 0.75–0.21 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Stoner – Prosser11:29

    xG 0.71–0.41 (63%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon23:23

    xG 0.85–0.90 (49%)attempts 17–24goals 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 2.8 xGCBJ 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 20/100 · #944 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 67% 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).