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Tue, Oct 15, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

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

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ01818011137
DET17113012232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:05DETDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:48CBJCam AtkinsonPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:14DETHenrik ZetterbergPPGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.27 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:03CBJJared Boll: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:33DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:50CBJRyan Johansen: Holding2 min
  4. P1 19:16DETBrian Lashoff: Interference2 min
  5. P2 6:45DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:20CBJDerek MacKenzie: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:11CBJMarian Gaborik: Boarding2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
37Shots on goal32
3.0Expected goals2.0
52Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits19
11Blocked shots10
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways9

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. bestMacKenzie – Craig – Boll5:57

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Letestu – Jenner9:28

    xG 0.13–0.04 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Dubinsky – Atkinson11:37

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Comeau – Johansen10:43

    xG 0.16–0.27 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Murray12:47

    xG 0.73–0.28 (72%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson12:04

    xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Nikitin – Savard15:41

    xG 0.23–0.42 (36%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Zetterberg9:50

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Cleary – Andersson10:09

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Franzen – Abdelkader14:31

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Miller – Glendening6:19

    xG 0.17–0.34 (33%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser13:10

    xG 0.26–0.14 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – DeKeyser2:21

    xG 0.01–0.04 (21%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff14:54

    xG 0.35–0.46 (43%)attempts 12–8goals 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 2.0 xGCBJ 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #950 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% 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).