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Thu, Oct 4, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 78% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ11111101611339
DET05290303220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:12CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:46DETDennis CholowskiAssists: Dylan Larkin, Gustav Nyquist · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:06CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:13DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:11CBJArtemi PanarinGWGAssists: Nick Foligno, Markus Nutivaara · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:19DETTyler Bertuzzi: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:52DETDennis Cholowski: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:09CBJArtemi Panarin: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:38DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:58CBJJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:56CBJGabriel Carlsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:22DETDanny DeKeyser: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 19:45DETFilip Hronek: Holding2 min
  9. P3 5:41DETThomas Vanek: 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 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
39Shots on goal20
3.8Expected goals2.0
76Shot attempts45
45Faceoffs won34
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
13Hits20
17Blocked shots20
5Giveaways16
4Takeaways5

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 – Jenner – Anderson10:50

    xG 0.97–0.33 (75%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1

  2. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg8:49

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Nash – Duclair4:16

    xG 0.04–0.04 (48%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois10:01

    xG 0.08–0.18 (32%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Werenski16:53

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara18:19

    xG 0.68–0.42 (62%)attempts 22–15goals 0–0

  3. Carlsson – Kukan8:22

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Mantha – Larkin11:07

    xG 0.35–0.07 (82%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Bertuzzi – Rasmussen6:07

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Ehn3:57

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Ehn – Rasmussen3:04

    xG 0.01–0.03 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHicketts – Hronek11:11

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Sulak12:17

    xG 0.08–0.29 (21%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Cholowski16:24

    xG 0.36–0.70 (34%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

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 2.0 xGCBJ 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #530 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 78% 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).