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Thu, Mar 2, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Minnesota Wild 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 50% of the time.

CBJ winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN09011018038
CBJ013014113140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:32CBJBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:11CBJDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:55MINChristian Folin: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:36CBJAlexander Wennberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:25MINTyler Graovac: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:35CBJJosh Anderson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 19:11CBJSeth Jones: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 5:48MINNino Niederreiter: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 18:37MINMartin Hanzal: Elbowing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCBJ
38Shots on goal40
2.9Expected goals2.8
65Shot attempts57
34Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits21
8Blocked shots15
4Giveaways5
2Takeaways10

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. bestStaal – Stewart – Niederreiter11:16

    xG 0.84–0.31 (73%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund11:34

    xG 0.25–0.50 (34%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. White – Schroeder – Haula5:21

    xG 0.11–0.48 (19%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Coyle – Graovac7:49

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Folin10:34

    xG 0.63–0.45 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon16:57

    xG 1.00–0.88 (53%)attempts 26–13goals 0–1

  3. Brodin – Dumba12:55

    xG 0.29–0.79 (27%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Saad – Wennberg5:11

    xG 0.64–0.23 (73%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Hartnell – Gagner – Saad4:16

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Gagner – Bjorkstrand2:04

    xG 0.08–0.03 (74%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner11:18

    xG 0.50–0.61 (45%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Murray11:48

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard15:38

    xG 0.59–0.76 (44%)attempts 17–21goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski13:51

    xG 0.67–1.09 (38%)attempts 11–17goals 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 2.8 xGMIN 2.9 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 10/100 · #1096 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 50% 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).