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Sat, Oct 14, 2017·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Minnesota Wild 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 54% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ11011021312535
MIN162101500421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:50MINEric StaalAssists: Chris Stewart, Mathew Dumba · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:25CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:58MINTyler EnnisPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:07MINLandon FerraroAssists: Zack Mitchell · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:42CBJDavid SavardAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nick Foligno · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:42MINTyler EnnisPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 2:39CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Jack Johnson, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:23CBJJosh AndersonAssists: David Savard, Matt Calvert · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:47CBJAlexander WennbergGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.19 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:07MINChristoph Bertschy: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:26CBJZac Dalpe: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:18CBJCam Atkinson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:01MINChristoph Bertschy: Holding2 min
  5. P3 1:19CBJScott Harrington: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:45MINJared Spurgeon: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
35Shots on goal21
2.0Expected goals1.7
56Shot attempts39
25Faceoffs won49
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
8Hits18
11Blocked shots13
2Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

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. bestAtkinson – Wennberg – Panarin15:16

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 18–6goals 2–0

  2. Dalpe – Sedlak – Bjorkstrand3:19

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Calvert – Bjorkstrand2:14

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Calvert – Anderson3:03

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard11:34

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 2–1

  2. Jones – Werenski15:22

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Jones3:43

    xG 0.03–0.02 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Stewart – Eriksson Ek13:26

    xG 0.55–0.47 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 1–2

  2. Cullen – Winnik – Kunin11:30

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Ferraro – Mitchell – Bertschy3:38

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Ennis – Zucker14:19

    xG 0.39–0.53 (42%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Olofsson9:47

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba15:59

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  3. Suter – Spurgeon20:24

    xG 0.41–0.80 (34%)attempts 12–21goals 0–3

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 1.7 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #79 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 54% 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).