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Sat, Jan 19, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 77% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ081606120
MIN21201504231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:07MINJordan GreenwayAssists: Eric Staal, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:36MINZach PariseGWGAssists: Pontus Aberg, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:07CBJArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Seth Jones, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:20MINVictor Rask: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:18CBJScott Harrington: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:06MINZach Parise: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:13MINLuke Kunin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:34CBJCam Atkinson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:30CBJSeth Jones: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 14:37MINMikko Koivu: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:08CBJSeth Jones: 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 Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
20Shots on goal31
1.7Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts53
17Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
14Hits20
10Blocked shots15
0Giveaways1
4Takeaways7

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. bestDuclair – Panarin – Dubois7:24

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Jenner – Anderson – Bjorkstrand3:37

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Nash – Sedlak3:12

    xG 0.07–0.11 (40%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson6:29

    xG 0.03–0.09 (24%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski16:15

    xG 0.47–0.27 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Savard – Harrington8:25

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Murray – Nutivaara12:45

    xG 0.33–1.12 (23%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Zucker – Granlund14:17

    xG 0.94–0.34 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Coyle – Greenway10:37

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin4:59

    xG 0.28–0.06 (82%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Rask – Aberg10:12

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon18:24

    xG 1.29–0.37 (78%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Seeler7:50

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Pateryn – Brodin3:55

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.2 xGCBJ 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #1046 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% 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).