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Tue, Oct 17, 2017·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 84% of the time.

WPG winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ011416112539
WPG0811117226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:36CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Artemi Panarin, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:50CBJNick FolignoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:30WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:54CBJJack JohnsonGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:11CBJLukas SedlakUnassisted · Backhand, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:15CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Seth Jones, Matt Calvert · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–1
  7. P3 18:23WPGJoel ArmiaSHAssists: Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 3:30WPGShawn Matthias: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 14:18WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 14:24CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 17:28WPGMarko Dano: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWPG
39Shots on goal26
3.6Expected goals1.5
66Shot attempts51
20Faceoffs won37
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
16Hits19
17Blocked shots17
6Giveaways14
7Takeaways11

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. bestDalpe – Sedlak – Dubois8:46

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  2. Foligno – Calvert – Bjorkstrand12:03

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  3. Dubinsky – Anderson – Milano10:48

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  4. Atkinson – Wennberg – Panarin13:58

    xG 0.48–0.53 (47%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard19:00

    xG 1.13–0.44 (72%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Werenski17:28

    xG 0.71–0.48 (60%)attempts 21–11goals 3–1

  3. Murray – Nutivaara14:37

    xG 0.50–0.34 (59%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Dano – Petan4:03

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine6:13

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor6:26

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  4. Matthias – Copp – Tanev5:51

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Enstrom – Byfuglien17:35

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 15–20goals 1–2

  2. Trouba – Morrissey16:09

    xG 0.40–0.89 (31%)attempts 12–20goals 0–2

  3. Myers – Poolman15:36

    xG 0.39–0.98 (28%)attempts 13–17goals 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.

WPG 1.5 xGCBJ 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #731 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 84% of the time.

WPG winsCBJ wins

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

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