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Sat, Jan 21, 2012·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Detroit Red Wings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ171406020219
DET15110015011331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:51CBJRyan RussellAssists: Derek Dorsett, Aaron Johnson · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:34DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:43CBJNikita NikitinPPAssists: Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:03DETNicklas LidstromPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Rick Nash stopped
  3. 3. DET Jiri Hudler stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Derek Dorsett stopped
  5. 5. DET Todd Bertuzzi stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Derick Brassard stopped
  7. 7. DET Valtteri Filppula scored
  8. 8. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:32DETTomas Holmstrom: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:30CBJAaron Johnson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 7:05DETTomas Holmstrom: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:41CBJGrant Clitsome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:02CBJAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:40CBJColton Gillies: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 10:09DETHenrik Zetterberg: Boarding5 min
  8. P3 10:09DETHenrik Zetterberg: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
19Shots on goal31
1.4Expected goals2.3
49Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes19
21Hits19
17Blocked shots18
4Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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. bestPahlsson – Russell – Dorsett9:55

    xG 0.39–0.12 (77%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Brassard – Gillies – Johansen2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Gillies2:37

    xG 0.01–0.02 (41%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Boll – Johansen2:20

    xG 0.02–0.06 (27%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Methot – Moore16:41

    xG 0.07–0.30 (20%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Nikitin13:18

    xG 0.05–0.28 (15%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Clitsome11:48

    xG 0.13–0.70 (16%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Miller – Helm8:59

    xG 0.78–0.07 (92%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Filppula – Hudler10:58

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Holmstrom – Abdelkader – Emmerton5:13

    xG 0.06–0.04 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen11:35

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Kronwall13:08

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Lidstrom – White11:59

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Commodore – Ericsson12:02

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 10–4goals 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.

DET 2.3 xGCBJ 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #476 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 68% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

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

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