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Sat, Mar 27, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 73% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ051908122
DET21608110334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:29DETAdam ErneAssists: Filip Hronek, Danny DeKeyser · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:58DETRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Filip Zadina · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:43CBJNick FolignoAssists: Alexandre Texier, Boone Jenner · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:42DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Dylan Larkin, Patrik Nemeth · Snap, 0.16 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:37CBJDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:28CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 15:12DETRobby Fabbri: Holding2 min
  4. P3 15:04CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:20CBJZach Werenski: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 15:20DETMichael Rasmussen: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 15:20DETMichael Rasmussen: Interference2 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 Namestnikov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
22Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.2
41Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits15
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways5
5Takeaways4

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 – Jenner – Texier10:43

    xG 0.80–0.37 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Bjorkstrand – Domi – Roslovic2:15

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

  3. Atkinson – Bjorkstrand – Domi4:17

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Bjorkstrand – Stenlund – Laine4:18

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Del Zotto – Carlsson12:06

    xG 0.40–0.52 (43%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski17:27

    xG 0.66–0.87 (43%)attempts 17–12goals 1–2

  3. Savard – Gavrikov14:49

    xG 0.42–0.98 (30%)attempts 10–21goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Fabbri – Zadina13:15

    xG 1.08–0.66 (62%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

  2. Gagner – Svechnikov – Rasmussen6:31

    xG 0.20–0.12 (63%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Namestnikov – Mantha8:57

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Glendening – Erne8:46

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Merrill16:10

    xG 0.91–0.47 (66%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Djoos10:54

    xG 0.68–0.37 (65%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. DeKeyser – Hronek15:36

    xG 0.71–0.61 (54%)attempts 19–10goals 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 3.2 xGCBJ 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 16/100 · #705 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 73% 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).