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Tue, Dec 16, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Detroit Red Wings 0 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ06012010012129
DET0701407021030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  2. 2. DET Pavel Datsyuk scored
  3. 3. CBJ Ryan Johansen scored
  4. 4. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Boone Jenner scored
  6. 6. DET Henrik Zetterberg stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:44DETDaniel Cleary: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:36DETKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:50CBJRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:24DETJonathan Ericsson: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
29Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.3
48Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won26
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
42Hits20
9Blocked shots11
9Giveaways10
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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Morin – Gibbons7:44

    xG 0.43–0.16 (72%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson11:44

    xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Foligno – Gibbons3:08

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Morin – Johansen – Jenner3:04

    xG 0.03–0.07 (34%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Connauton15:26

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard16:50

    xG 0.64–0.70 (48%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Prout16:35

    xG 0.26–0.34 (44%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist13:52

    xG 0.49–0.27 (64%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar13:36

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Sheahan – Jurco8:26

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening7:35

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Ouellet15:36

    xG 1.10–0.40 (73%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Smith2:04

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson14:43

    xG 0.37–0.46 (44%)attempts 19–8goals 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 2.3 xGCBJ 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 11/100 · #1083 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 61% 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).