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Sat, Feb 2, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 64% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11401119234
CBJ1122917428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:36DETJohan FranzenAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:17CBJJames WisniewskiPPAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Derick Brassard · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:32CBJArtem AnisimovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:18CBJArtem AnisimovGWGAssists: John Moore, Jack Johnson · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:25CBJMark LetestuSHAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Fedor Tyutin · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:33DETDamien BrunnerAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Slap, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:34CBJDerek Dorsett: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:15DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:27CBJMark Letestu: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:27DETTodd Bertuzzi: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:51DETKent Huskins: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:53CBJJared Boll: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 18:39CBJJared Boll: Charging2 min
  8. P3 13:12CBJR.J. Umberger: Interference goalkeeper2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
34Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals2.9
60Shot attempts42
33Faceoffs won24
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
11Hits29
5Blocked shots16
3Giveaways2
4Takeaways10

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. bestTootoo – Miller – Emmerton4:26

    xG 0.23–0.04 (87%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Filppula – Brunner3:35

    xG 0.11–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Filppula5:38

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Franzen2:27

    xG 0.09–0.03 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson8:18

    xG 0.46–0.21 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  2. Huskins – Kindl5:26

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Kindl5:28

    xG 0.15–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Dorsett – Anisimov10:11

    xG 0.60–0.18 (77%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  2. MacKenzie – Boll – Letestu7:18

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Prospal – Johansen – Marchessault6:38

    xG 0.08–0.29 (23%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Brassard7:16

    xG 0.07–0.38 (15%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Moore7:00

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Erixon4:25

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Tyutin – Moore4:21

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 2–4goals 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 2.9 xGDET 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #393 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 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 64% 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).