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Sun, Feb 26, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 81% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ171120401224
MIN01301321711344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:20CBJMathieu OlivierAssists: Eric Robinson · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:04CBJLiam FoudyAssists: Erik Gudbranson, Emil Bemstrom · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:15MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Hartman · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:00MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek · Snap, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:40MINKirill KaprizovGWGAssists: Calen Addison, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 11:05MINRyan Hartman: Cross checking2 min
  2. P3 4:09CBJNick Blankenburg: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 5:02CBJLiam Foudy: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 7:59MINMathew Dumba: Hooking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← CBJ attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
24Shots on goal44
2.0Expected goals4.0
50Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits31
16Blocked shots17
5Giveaways14
5Takeaways10

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. bestBemstrom – Foudy – Sillinger7:36

    xG 0.42–0.08 (85%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko11:52

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Laine – Johnson10:13

    xG 0.33–0.74 (31%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson12:55

    xG 0.47–1.15 (29%)attempts 8–22goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Berni13:57

    xG 0.66–0.49 (57%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Bayreuther – Blankenburg3:20

    xG 0.06–0.12 (32%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Bayreuther – Sweezey8:22

    xG 0.16–0.38 (29%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov16:35

    xG 1.74–0.56 (76%)attempts 32–17goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy11:02

    xG 0.57–0.25 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Greenway – Duhaime6:42

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar6:24

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 5–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton18:27

    xG 1.07–0.45 (70%)attempts 25–16goals 1–0

  2. Merrill – Addison14:39

    xG 0.80–0.52 (60%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Dumba15:04

    xG 0.83–0.65 (56%)attempts 18–12goals 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.

MIN 4.0 xGCBJ 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 66/100 · #503 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 81% 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).