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Thu, Mar 17, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET2801108227
CBJ014010013037

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:33DETDrew MillerGWGAssists: Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:23DETValtteri FilppulaPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Mike Modano · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 6:52DETDrew Miller: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:52CBJDerek MacKenzie: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:43CBJRick Nash: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 11:39DETDaniel Cleary: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 13:42CBJMarc Methot: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:10CBJRick Nash: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 18:52DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 1:05CBJAntoine Vermette: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 4:36DETDaniel Cleary: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 4:36CBJKris Russell: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 9:51DETDaniel Cleary: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 13:22DETNicklas Lidstrom: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 14:39DETJonathan Ericsson: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 19:54DETJohan Franzen: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Helm won the faceoff against Voracek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
27Shots on goal37
2.7Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts65
25Faceoffs won28
4Power plays6
19Penalty minutes15
13Hits34
15Blocked shots8
3Giveaways5
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Miller – Helm5:53

    xG 0.91–0.09 (91%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Franzen7:20

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Modano – Filppula – Abdelkader6:08

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Zetterberg10:04

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Stuart10:47

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Ericsson3:39

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson10:19

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMoreau – Pahlsson – Dorsett6:16

    xG 0.20–0.05 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Nash – Voracek2:27

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Calvert4:13

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Voracek7:25

    xG 0.30–0.60 (33%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hejda – Lepisto11:42

    xG 0.35–0.31 (54%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Methot8:30

    xG 0.17–0.34 (34%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Lepisto – Clitsome2:43

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

CBJ 2.7 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1222 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (CBJ − DET), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).