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Tue, Mar 11, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET118010012140
CBJ18014315437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:24DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: David Legwand · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:11CBJNick FolignoAssists: Nick Schultz, Nathan Horton · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:08CBJBoone JennerGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:48CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Matt Calvert, Nathan Horton · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:48CBJDerek MacKenzieAssists: Mark Letestu, Blake Comeau · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:17CBJJack Johnson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:44CBJJames Wisniewski: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 12:47CBJBlake Comeau: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 12:47CBJBlake Comeau: Diving2 min
  5. P1 12:47DETBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 16:02DETKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 6:12DETJohan Franzen: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 4:52DETTomas Tatar: Holding2 min
  9. P3 7:41CBJCorey Tropp: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKenzie won the faceoff against Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
40Shots on goal37
3.0Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits29
13Blocked shots12
2Giveaways8
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. bestBertuzzi – Miller – Glendening5:50

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Franzen – Nyquist8:50

    xG 0.40–0.26 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Emmerton5:30

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Abdelkader – Glendening2:23

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser13:46

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – Smith2:15

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith2:02

    xG 0.04–0.11 (29%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu9:02

    xG 1.02–0.26 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Horton – Dubinsky – Calvert9:34

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  3. Umberger – Anisimov – Tropp8:51

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Johansen – Jenner9:07

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Prout10:18

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Nikitin13:47

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  3. Johnson – Savard15:11

    xG 0.62–0.47 (57%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

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.

CBJ 2.8 xGDET 3.0 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 32/100 · #762 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).