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Mon, Nov 26, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 7, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ3162729732
DET01031428532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:34CBJPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:51CBJJosh AndersonAssists: Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:04CBJArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:44DETGustav NyquistAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Anthony Mantha · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:02CBJMarkus NutivaaraAssists: Ryan Murray, Markus Hannikainen · Slap, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P2 6:40CBJBoone JennerAssists: Ryan Murray, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.03 xG5–1
  7. P2 8:05DETMike GreenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–2
  8. P2 17:43DETDennis CholowskiPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Thomas Vanek · Slap, 0.05 xG5–3
  9. P3 0:39DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Dylan Larkin, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–4
  10. P3 3:34CBJPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: David Savard, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.24 xG6–4
  11. P3 17:48DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Trevor Daley, Dennis Cholowski · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–5
  12. P3 18:29CBJSeth JonesENAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.46 xG7–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:34DETMichael Rasmussen: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 2:13CBJCam Atkinson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:01DETTrevor Daley: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:55DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:10CBJCam Atkinson: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:22DETDennis Cholowski: Holding2 min
  7. P3 1:16CBJBoone Jenner: Holding2 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 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
32Shots on goal32
3.7Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts45
33Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
16Hits23
5Blocked shots6
8Giveaways18
6Takeaways9

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. bestNash – Sedlak – Hannikainen8:40

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois11:57

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  3. Dubinsky – Duclair – Wennberg7:28

    xG 0.27–0.21 (57%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson12:30

    xG 0.29–0.46 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Harrington9:05

    xG 0.39–0.24 (63%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Werenski17:15

    xG 0.47–0.44 (52%)attempts 14–13goals 0–2

  3. Murray – Nutivaara14:19

    xG 0.57–0.73 (44%)attempts 7–14goals 2–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Mantha – Larkin12:10

    xG 0.83–0.14 (86%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou6:51

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Abdelkader – Mantha – Larkin3:47

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Frk – de la Rose – Rasmussen3:46

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser15:59

    xG 0.69–0.35 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 2–1

  2. Green – Cholowski2:24

    xG 0.22–0.07 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Green7:54

    xG 0.14–0.14 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 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 2.5 xGCBJ 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 94/100 · #85 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 70% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).