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Mon, Oct 16, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 81% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET15313010428
CBJ0904010023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:51DETShayne GostisbehereGWGAssists: Joseph Veleno, Olli Maatta · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:45DETMichael RasmussenAssists: J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:11DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Moritz Seider · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P2 12:07DETAndrew CoppPPAssists: Lucas Raymond, Jake Walman · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–0
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:33DETAustin Czarnik: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:51CBJIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:51CBJBoone Jenner: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:11CBJSean Kuraly: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:46DETJustin Holl: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:17CBJJake Bean: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 2:06CBJSean Kuraly: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 4:35DETDaniel Sprong: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 7:43CBJErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 7:43DETKlim Kostin: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 9:33DETAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 11:45CBJEmil Bemstrom: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
28Shots on goal23
3.8Expected goals1.8
48Shot attempts50
37Faceoffs won18
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
11Hits15
13Blocked shots10
2Giveaways5
2Takeaways7

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. bestFischer – Czarnik – Kostin6:41

    xG 0.22–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond8:33

    xG 0.46–0.29 (61%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Sprong – Veleno9:35

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Copp – Compher – Rasmussen9:06

    xG 0.35–0.43 (45%)attempts 3–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Gostisbehere12:09

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Holl13:52

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Walman – Seider11:47

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Kuraly – Roslovic – Bemstrom4:53

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko9:03

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Laine – Texier – Fantilli8:13

    xG 0.45–0.51 (47%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Jenner – Bemstrom2:18

    xG 0.05–0.12 (27%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Jiricek13:04

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Bean – Boqvist2:12

    xG 0.00–0.14 (2%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Boqvist7:50

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

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 1.8 xGDET 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1241 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 81% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (CBJ − DET), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).