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Tue, Feb 7, 2017·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 52% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ210080613327
DET114170302226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:22DETNick JensenAssists: Dylan Larkin, Riley Sheahan · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:20CBJBrandon DubinskyAssists: Boone Jenner · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:56CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:00DETThomas VanekPPAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.35 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:22CBJSeth JonesGWGAssists: Brandon Dubinsky · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:16CBJScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:16DETAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 7:14CBJScott Harrington: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:06CBJCam Atkinson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:27DETNick Jensen: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:06CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:06DETAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 14:39DETLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:43CBJScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 19:43DETBrendan Smith: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
27Shots on goal26
2.8Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts41
23Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
13Penalty minutes13
21Hits28
5Blocked shots11
6Giveaways6
4Takeaways2

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 – Saad – Wennberg11:41

    xG 0.63–0.11 (85%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Calvert – Karlsson2:35

    xG 0.17–0.03 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson6:36

    xG 0.43–0.36 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner12:52

    xG 0.36–0.45 (44%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski18:52

    xG 1.12–0.13 (90%)attempts 26–5goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Murray5:35

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Murray8:54

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist3:45

    xG 0.24–0.10 (72%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Sheahan – Larkin9:25

    xG 0.30–0.29 (52%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  3. Abdelkader – Jurco – Glendening3:35

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha8:40

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Ouellet11:51

    xG 0.71–0.32 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–2

  2. Green – DeKeyser16:54

    xG 0.30–0.64 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Jensen17:02

    xG 0.56–0.94 (37%)attempts 11–23goals 1–0

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 2.7 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 49/100 · #577 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 52% 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).