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Sun, Dec 8, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

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

WPG winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0121739428
WPG0618011125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:51WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:53CBJDmitri VoronkovPPAssists: Kirill Marchenko, Zach Werenski · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:15CBJKent JohnsonGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, James van Riemsdyk · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:42CBJKent JohnsonAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:38CBJSean KuralyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.37 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:51WPGMorgan Barron: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:41CBJJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 4:41WPGNeal Pionk: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 4:41CBJJames van Riemsdyk: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:31CBJDante Fabbro: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 1:30CBJDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 10:07CBJJustin Danforth: Boarding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:02WPGBrad Lambert: High sticking2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJWPG
28Shots on goal25
3.7Expected goals2.5
59Shot attempts70
15Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
28Hits13
24Blocked shots16
17Giveaways17
5Takeaways7

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Monahan – Johnson10:08

    xG 0.85–0.52 (62%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli14:15

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Olivier – Aston-Reese – Sillinger5:33

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Labanc – Danforth7:23

    xG 0.01–0.10 (10%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Provorov16:21

    xG 0.83–0.32 (72%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  2. Harris – Christiansen10:02

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Werenski – Fabbro16:47

    xG 0.50–0.83 (38%)attempts 17–27goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Appleton10:05

    xG 0.58–0.15 (79%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Iafallo – Barron – Kupari4:51

    xG 0.03–0.09 (27%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Perfetti – Lambert9:12

    xG 0.10–0.31 (24%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:04

    xG 0.40–0.76 (34%)attempts 13–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey13:14

    xG 0.53–0.34 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  2. Miller – Stanley13:21

    xG 0.03–0.46 (7%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Pionk12:31

    xG 0.12–0.89 (12%)attempts 10–15goals 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 2.5 xGCBJ 3.7 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 37/100 · #821 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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.

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).