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Tue, Mar 25, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 62% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET110110013233
CBJ26010212428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: Boone Jenner, James Wisniewski · Snap, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:46CBJBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Jack Johnson, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:55DETGustav NyquistAssists: Riley Sheahan, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:58DETGustav NyquistAssists: Tomas Tatar · Deflected, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:58CBJCam AtkinsonGWGAssists: Matt Calvert, Brandon Dubinsky · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:54CBJRyan JohansenENAssists: James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.55 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:42DETTodd Bertuzzi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:42CBJNick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:50DETBrendan Smith: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:00CBJNathan Horton: Holding2 min
  5. P1 11:30DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:21CBJNick Foligno: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 10:23DETDavid Legwand: Slashing2 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 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
33Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals3.1
53Shot attempts49
25Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
32Hits33
12Blocked shots12
4Giveaways5
3Takeaways5

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. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan11:24

    xG 0.87–0.50 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Alfredsson – Legwand – Franzen11:16

    xG 0.55–0.47 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Helm – Glendening2:04

    xG 0.08–0.04 (66%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Miller – Glendening8:05

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith2:32

    xG 0.35–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff10:28

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith15:04

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson12:25

    xG 0.81–0.40 (67%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu8:17

    xG 0.11–0.05 (70%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Foligno – Anisimov10:22

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Johansen – Jenner10:38

    xG 0.35–0.90 (28%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Prout16:52

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  2. Schultz – Savard12:08

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Wisniewski15:50

    xG 0.57–0.78 (42%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGDET 2.4 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 64/100 · #381 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 62% 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).