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Mon, Jan 18, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ08111210329
DET113012112237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:00DETBobby RyanAssists: Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:11CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Boone Jenner, Michael Del Zotto · Slap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:10CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:26CBJPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: Mikhail Grigorenko, Joonas Korpisalo · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:03DETBobby RyanAssists: Anthony Mantha, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:36DETMarc Staal: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P2 1:00CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  3. P3 1:53DETBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 12:34CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:03CBJZach Werenski: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 19:03DETDylan Larkin: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 19:03CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 19:03DETBobby Ryan: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 19:03CBJOliver Bjorkstrand: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 19:03DETBobby Ryan: Game misconduct10 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 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
29Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won36
1Power plays2
24Penalty minutes22
11Hits14
11Blocked shots15
4Giveaways13
2Takeaways5

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. bestGrigorenko – Dubois – Bemstrom2:46

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

  2. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Texier6:06

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Robinson – Foudy2:24

    xG 0.05–0.03 (62%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Bemstrom – Robinson6:12

    xG 0.05–0.19 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Kukan12:18

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov6:51

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Savard – Werenski9:10

    xG 0.15–0.45 (26%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin13:51

    xG 1.23–0.34 (78%)attempts 21–9goals 0–1

  2. Ryan – Rasmussen – Zadina7:27

    xG 0.34–0.15 (69%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. Filppula – Gagner – Namestnikov7:43

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Nielsen – Glendening – Brome8:47

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher14:54

    xG 1.22–0.48 (72%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Hronek17:20

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Merrill – DeKeyser11:34

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 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 3.5 xGCBJ 2.8 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 35/100 · #534 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% 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).