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Fri, Feb 7, 2020·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 94% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET050407016
CBJ010121113244

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:57CBJZach WerenskiGWGAssists: Nick Foligno, Sonny Milano · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:35CBJBoone JennerENAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.67 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:02DETBrendan Perlini: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 1:24DETAndreas Athanasiou: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:01DETBrendan Perlini: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 5:55CBJSeth Jones: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 12:39CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:00DETFilip Hronek: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
16Shots on goal44
1.3Expected goals4.7
34Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits13
11Blocked shots8
8Giveaways9
4Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Erne – Ehn – Smith3:47

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Larkin – Fabbri7:09

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Athanasiou – Hirose6:51

    xG 0.12–0.25 (32%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri4:43

    xG 0.02–0.21 (10%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nemeth – Hronek3:00

    xG 0.01–0.04 (13%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Hronek – Lindstrom5:17

    xG 0.12–0.20 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Bowey – Hronek2:33

    xG 0.06–0.17 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Bjorkstrand – Dubois13:43

    xG 1.33–0.20 (87%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Atkinson – Jenner10:13

    xG 0.84–0.22 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Milano – Bemstrom9:09

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – MacInnis – Robinson5:42

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski17:04

    xG 1.37–0.24 (85%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov16:04

    xG 0.72–0.21 (77%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Nutivaara11:06

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 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.

CBJ 4.7 xGDET 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CBJ's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CBJ is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1074 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 94% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

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

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