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Tue, Dec 17, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 81% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ213114212539
DET2416011321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:11DETAdam ErneAssists: Frans Nielsen, Brendan Perlini · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:02CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Seth Jones · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:06CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:17DETAdam ErneAssists: Luke Glendening, Madison Bowey · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:58DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Filip Hronek · Deflected, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:54CBJKevin StenlundPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Seth Jones · Deflected, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:19CBJPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: Alexandre Texier · Snap, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:53CBJGustav NyquistENAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand · Wrist, 0.57 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:58CBJMarko Dano: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:03CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:29DETAnthony Mantha: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:20DETPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:52CBJBoone Jenner: High sticking2 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
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
39Shots on goal21
4.0Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts35
34Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
12Hits18
7Blocked shots9
9Giveaways17
5Takeaways2

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 – Atkinson – Wennberg9:10

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand13:04

    xG 0.62–0.21 (75%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Nash – Atkinson3:30

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Dubois – Texier – Robinson9:14

    xG 0.26–0.29 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov15:20

    xG 1.45–0.42 (78%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski15:03

    xG 0.92–0.29 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  3. Kukan – Gavrikov3:02

    xG 0.15–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Erne – Perlini6:42

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Fabbri – Zadina8:14

    xG 0.15–0.44 (26%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou6:39

    xG 0.03–0.34 (9%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin13:04

    xG 0.10–1.64 (6%)attempts 5–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Bowey2:55

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 2–0

  2. Biega – Bowey8:24

    xG 0.09–0.13 (41%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Green – Biega3:37

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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 2.1 xGCBJ 4.0 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 75/100 · #279 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 81% 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).