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Sat, May 8, 2021·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1611121604437
CBJ11111121014536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:40DETJakub VranaAssists: Dennis Cholowski, Richard Panik · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:16CBJCam AtkinsonAssists: Patrik Laine, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:55DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Evgeny Svechnikov · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:15CBJOliver BjorkstrandAssists: Eric Robinson, Gabriel Carlsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:43CBJEric RobinsonSHAssists: Nathan Gerbe · Slap, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:04DETSam GagnerPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Christian Djoos · Wrist, 0.42 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:45CBJJack RoslovicAssists: Seth Jones, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:18DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Dennis Cholowski, Jakub Vrana · Wrist, 0.32 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:39CBJMax DomiGWGAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–5
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 6:05CBJMax Domi: Roughing2 min · PPG

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 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
37Shots on goal36
3.3Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts63
29Faceoffs won34
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
11Hits20
8Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
1Takeaways7

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. bestFilppula – Panik – Vrana13:57

    xG 0.88–0.45 (66%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Gagner – Namestnikov – Svechnikov7:44

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Gagner – Rasmussen – Zadina4:34

    xG 0.34–0.29 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Helm – Glendening – Brome14:46

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDjoos – Lindstrom6:56

    xG 0.58–0.08 (87%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Cholowski – Stecher3:49

    xG 0.56–0.25 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Djoos – Hronek3:11

    xG 0.28–0.07 (81%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Roslovic – Laine14:31

    xG 0.69–0.34 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Gerbe – Matteau – MacInnis9:11

    xG 0.28–0.30 (48%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Grigorenko – Bemstrom – Foudy13:25

    xG 0.30–0.56 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Bjorkstrand – Domi – Robinson15:41

    xG 0.78–1.10 (41%)attempts 18–18goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Carlsson14:39

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 1–2

  2. Del Zotto – Jones20:27

    xG 0.87–0.89 (50%)attempts 21–19goals 2–0

  3. Gavrikov – Peeke18:16

    xG 0.60–1.01 (37%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 3.1 xGDET 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 97/100 · #18 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.85 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 53% 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).