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Sat, Nov 11, 2017·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ1130908022232
DET01101217031133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07CBJArtemi PanarinAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, David Savard · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:11DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Tomas Tatar · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. DET Andreas Athanasiou stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Artemi Panarin scored
  5. 5. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  6. 6. CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand stopped
  7. 7. DET Henrik Zetterberg stopped
  8. 8. CBJ Zach Werenski stopped
  9. 9. DET Tomas Tatar stopped
  10. 10. CBJ Brandon Dubinsky stopped
  11. 11. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  12. 12. CBJ Alexander Wennberg stopped
  13. 13. DET Anthony Mantha stopped
  14. 14. CBJ Boone Jenner stopped
  15. 15. DET Martin Frk stopped
  16. 16. CBJ Nick Foligno stopped
  17. 17. DET Trevor Daley stopped
  18. 18. CBJ Jack Johnson scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:37DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:17DETMike Green: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. OT 4:45DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 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 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
32Shots on goal33
2.9Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts53
21Faceoffs won23
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
16Hits18
13Blocked shots10
8Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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. bestBjorkstrand – Wennberg – Panarin14:55

    xG 0.47–0.30 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Anderson – Dubois12:46

    xG 0.26–0.10 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Wennberg – Hannikainen2:50

    xG 0.05–0.02 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner14:45

    xG 0.43–0.60 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Nutivaara12:20

    xG 0.82–0.06 (93%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Carlsson2:22

    xG 0.01–0.01 (69%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski20:06

    xG 0.22–0.38 (36%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha11:58

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin11:39

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Zetterberg – Wilson – Frk2:40

    xG 0.03–0.04 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening10:34

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Ouellet11:42

    xG 1.00–0.57 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen7:37

    xG 0.26–0.08 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Ericsson – Witkowski2:00

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.8 xGCBJ 2.9 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 35/100 · #817 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 51% 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).