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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Winnipeg Jets 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 73% of the time.

CBJ winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG28112212532
CBJ115211113439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:58CBJNick FolignoUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:54WPGJacob TroubaPPAssists: Bryan Little, Joel Armia · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:25WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:49WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 7:12CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.30 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:35CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Alexander Wennberg · Snap, 0.59 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:06WPGJacob TroubaPPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Bryan Little · Slap, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:35WPGBryan LittleGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Julian Melchiori · Backhand, 0.16 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:00CBJBoone JennerAssists: Scott Hartnell, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Snap, 0.26 xG5–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 10:14CBJScott Harrington: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P3 3:26CBJMatt Calvert: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCBJ
32Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals4.3
54Shot attempts71
27Faceoffs won28
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
21Blocked shots12
3Giveaways9
3Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Wheeler – Scheifele – Copp12:11

    xG 0.91–0.92 (50%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers3:26

    xG 0.02–0.11 (15%)attempts 1–8goals 0–1

  3. Lowry – Armia – Ehlers8:39

    xG 0.15–0.43 (25%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Roslovic – Tanev5:49

    xG 0.08–0.39 (17%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Melchiori19:43

    xG 1.02–0.95 (52%)attempts 18–15goals 2–1

  2. Byfuglien – Trouba2:29

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Nogier11:20

    xG 0.27–1.17 (19%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Saad – Wennberg13:59

    xG 1.89–0.54 (78%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Hartnell – Jenner – Bjorkstrand12:27

    xG 0.78–0.43 (65%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  3. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson6:15

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Atkinson12:20

    xG 0.37–0.44 (46%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:15

    xG 2.76–0.85 (76%)attempts 23–11goals 4–2

  2. Quincey – Harrington14:08

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Nutivaara18:01

    xG 0.63–0.71 (47%)attempts 23–15goals 0–1

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 4.3 xGWPG 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #114 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 73% of the time.

CBJ winsWPG wins

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

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