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Thu, Oct 10, 2024·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ08115110233
MIN1111619326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:51MINMatt BoldyAssists: Marcus Johansson, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:00CBJKent JohnsonAssists: Cole Sillinger, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:35MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Marcus Johansson, Matt Boldy · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:58MINMats ZuccarelloPPGWGAssists: Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:06CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Egor Chinakhov, Kent Johnson · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:15MINMarcus Foligno: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:45CBJCole Sillinger: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:51CBJKent Johnson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:33MINMarcus Johansson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 8:08CBJSean Monahan: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:50MINJake Middleton: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMIN
33Shots on goal26
2.8Expected goals2.3
66Shot attempts43
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits17
8Blocked shots18
15Giveaways11
1Takeaways2

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. bestMonahan – Marchenko – Chinakhov13:31

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Kuraly – Olivier – Aston-Reese6:35

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Labanc – Fantilli9:44

    xG 0.17–0.44 (28%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Pyyhtia – Johnson – Sillinger12:20

    xG 0.26–0.78 (25%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Provorov12:25

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Severson – Christiansen9:58

    xG 0.44–0.18 (71%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Provorov – Christiansen2:32

    xG 0.01–0.05 (15%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy11:48

    xG 0.88–0.54 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  2. Foligno – Hartman – Trenin11:41

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lauko – Khusnutdinov8:50

    xG 0.15–0.01 (93%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi10:20

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Merrill12:23

    xG 0.71–0.42 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Faber16:13

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Spurgeon – Middleton16:03

    xG 0.66–0.67 (50%)attempts 13–19goals 1–1

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 2.3 xGCBJ 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #880 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 58% 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).