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Tue, Feb 23, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ1605013050129
DET04111010032228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:18CBJBoone JennerAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, David Savard · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:59DETRiley SheahanSHAssists: Alexey Marchenko · Snap, 0.38 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. DET Riley Sheahan scored
  4. 4. CBJ Alexander Wennberg stopped
  5. 5. DET Andreas Athanasiou scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:28DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 14:22DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:37CBJDalton Prout: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 13:02DETNiklas Kronwall: 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
47% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
29Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals2.8
45Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won21
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
22Hits23
9Blocked shots7
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways11

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. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner12:37

    xG 0.52–0.24 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Bourque – Rychel5:39

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Saad – Wennberg11:04

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Calvert – Karlsson12:33

    xG 0.29–0.49 (37%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard15:43

    xG 0.55–0.28 (66%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Jones17:16

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Prout15:15

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Sheahan – Glendening3:20

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Pulkkinen – Athanasiou3:50

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Tatar – Larkin2:42

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Pulkkinen – Glendening2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Smith10:02

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Marchenko14:20

    xG 0.50–0.51 (49%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – DeKeyser2:39

    xG 0.02–0.04 (38%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

DET 2.8 xGCBJ 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 40/100 · #737 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 56% 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).