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Tue, Apr 27, 2021·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET01301409050041
CBJ0160709012133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Patrik Laine scored
  2. 2. DET Jakub Vrana stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  4. 4. DET Adam Erne stopped
  5. 5. CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:33DETDennis Cholowski: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:09DETRichard Panik: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 1:41CBJDean Kukan: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 17:09CBJMax Domi: Holding2 min
  5. P3 17:09DETSam Gagner: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Texier won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
41Shots on goal33
4.4Expected goals4.2
55Shot attempts70
26Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits11
16Blocked shots6
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways9

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. bestNamestnikov – Erne – Zadina9:55

    xG 0.74–0.24 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Panik – Veleno9:12

    xG 0.57–0.52 (52%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Svechnikov6:05

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Vrana – Rasmussen12:10

    xG 0.67–1.05 (39%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Lindstrom15:55

    xG 0.91–0.53 (63%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Cholowski – Hronek16:35

    xG 1.20–1.15 (51%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Stecher15:56

    xG 0.94–1.18 (44%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestBjorkstrand – Domi – Robinson16:17

    xG 1.21–0.57 (68%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Texier – Foudy11:32

    xG 0.95–0.72 (57%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Grigorenko – Roslovic – Laine10:57

    xG 0.68–0.49 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Matteau – MacInnis6:08

    xG 0.04–0.50 (8%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKukan – Bayreuther10:25

    xG 0.71–0.27 (72%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Kukan4:43

    xG 0.29–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Lehtonen15:43

    xG 0.92–0.70 (57%)attempts 15–12goals 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 4.2 xGDET 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 9/100 · #768 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 54% 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).