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Thu, Mar 17, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 65% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET190726322
CBJ04013111128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:23DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Riley Sheahan, Andreas Athanasiou · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:16DETHenrik ZetterbergGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:35DETDarren HelmUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P3 19:00CBJAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.53 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:28CBJWilliam Karlsson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:09CBJScott Hartnell: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:29DETKyle Quincey: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:12DETHenrik Zetterberg: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:36CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Holding2 min
  6. P3 18:49DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
22Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals3.4
46Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits26
18Blocked shots15
4Giveaways3
5Takeaways8

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. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin9:52

    xG 0.73–0.35 (67%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Datsyuk – Tatar – Mantha4:53

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Glendening – Athanasiou5:13

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan4:22

    xG 0.02–0.37 (5%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser14:17

    xG 0.58–0.23 (71%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Green – Smith10:27

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Smith – DeKeyser3:00

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Dubinsky – Foligno4:26

    xG 0.51–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Wennberg2:00

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner3:15

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Jenner – Saad3:24

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Jones16:54

    xG 1.34–0.50 (73%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Ramage – Murray2:42

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Jones2:23

    xG 0.09–0.39 (19%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.4 xGDET 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #1028 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

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

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