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Tue, Jan 19, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ08181800224
DET072100812327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:38CBJBoone JennerAssists: Max Domi, David Savard · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:37DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:17DETBobby RyanAssists: Jon Merrill, Frans Nielsen · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:04CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Dean Kukan, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:15DETTyler BertuzziGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Deflected, 0.25 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:52CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:43DETMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 5:04DETBobby Ryan: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 Texier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
24Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals1.4
45Shot attempts55
15Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits12
17Blocked shots10
10Giveaways11
2Takeaways3

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 – Robinson – Foudy8:28

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Grigorenko – Dubois – Bemstrom6:52

    xG 0.28–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Jenner – Domi – Bemstrom3:40

    xG 0.16–0.05 (75%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Atkinson – Dubois3:49

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Kukan14:20

    xG 0.49–0.15 (77%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Gavrikov17:03

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski19:30

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 13–21goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Ryan – Mantha – Rasmussen7:30

    xG 0.19–0.22 (47%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Glendening – Bertuzzi – Brome9:18

    xG 0.08–0.15 (36%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Larkin – Zadina12:11

    xG 0.16–0.26 (37%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Nielsen – Gagner8:27

    xG 0.03–0.28 (9%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek17:05

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Merrill3:29

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  3. Merrill – DeKeyser13:21

    xG 0.16–0.22 (41%)attempts 9–10goals 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 1.4 xGCBJ 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 58/100 · #357 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 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).