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Wed, Jan 22, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Winnipeg Jets 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% of the time.

CBJ winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21017013330
CBJ18211110429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38WPGMason AppletonAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Luca Sbisa · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:06CBJSeth JonesAssists: Nick Foligno, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:06WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Anthony Bitetto, Luca Sbisa · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:28CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:33WPGNeal PionkPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:55CBJGustav NyquistPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Zach Werenski · Snap, 0.40 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:22CBJOliver BjorkstrandGWGAssists: Seth Jones · Snap, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:14CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 15:25CBJZach Werenski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:05WPGNicholas Shore: Interference2 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
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Wheeler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCBJ
30Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won38
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
24Hits28
14Blocked shots17
7Giveaways11
8Takeaways8

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. bestPerreault – Copp – Appleton3:26

    xG 0.33–0.21 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  2. Perreault – Ehlers – Roslovic5:27

    xG 0.25–0.14 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Copp – Appleton7:45

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Copp – Ehlers2:11

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Morrissey – Pionk18:21

    xG 0.61–0.56 (52%)attempts 20–10goals 0–1

  2. Sbisa – Bitetto13:36

    xG 0.52–0.65 (45%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Kulikov – Niku19:53

    xG 0.40–1.15 (26%)attempts 17–30goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Atkinson – Wennberg12:00

    xG 1.05–0.35 (75%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Dubois14:59

    xG 0.82–0.28 (75%)attempts 18–12goals 3–0

  3. Nash – Robinson – Lilja9:10

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Jenner – Bemstrom10:25

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski21:16

    xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 23–14goals 2–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov18:53

    xG 0.68–0.53 (56%)attempts 18–23goals 1–1

  3. Harrington – Nutivaara11:34

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 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 2.9 xGWPG 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 73/100 · #292 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 69% 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).