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Thu, Jan 2, 2025·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

CBJ winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET3120628526
CBJ1725113425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:42CBJJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Cole Sillinger, Ivan Provorov · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:55DETPatrick KaneAssists: Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat · Snap, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:39DETErik GustafssonAssists: Justin Holl · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:09DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:09CBJZach WerenskiUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:40CBJSean MonahanAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Zach Werenski · Snap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:54DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.22 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:19CBJJames van RiemsdykAssists: Adam Fantilli, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:24DETJonatan BerggrenGWGAssists: Tyler Motte, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:47DETJoseph Veleno: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:05CBJDmitri Voronkov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:02CBJSean Kuraly: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:58CBJDmitri Voronkov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:19DETJonatan Berggren: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  6. P3 0:00CBJDmitri Voronkov: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 0:00CBJZach Werenski: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCBJ
26Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals1.8
49Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
16Hits18
15Blocked shots18
15Giveaways11
7Takeaways4

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. bestKane – Copp – DeBrincat10:37

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Larkin – Veleno – Raymond13:14

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Rasmussen – Kasper7:55

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 12–4goals 1–2

  4. Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren11:24

    xG 0.13–0.30 (30%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Edvinsson14:16

    xG 1.00–0.26 (79%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider18:23

    xG 0.28–0.42 (40%)attempts 11–14goals 1–2

  3. Holl – Gustafsson10:13

    xG 0.13–0.47 (21%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMonahan – Marchenko – Voronkov15:15

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Olivier – Johnson – Sillinger11:32

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Marchenko – Pyyhtia2:02

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Aston-Reese – Fantilli9:10

    xG 0.50–0.74 (40%)attempts 10–15goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Mateychuk16:00

    xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Severson – Werenski5:43

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Werenski – Fabbro15:04

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

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 1.8 xGDET 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 98/100 · #25 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.86 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +54 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 60% 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).