Game report 2026010061 · HockeyWeights

Final

Blue Jackets

4–2

Red Wings

Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Little Caesars Arena

Blue Jackets beat the Red Wings 4–2 despite being out-chanced 3.6–2.1 in expected goals and 18–4 in high-danger chances. Jet Greaves saved 1.6 goals more than expected.

Team comparison

DETCBJ

2Goals4
3.61Expected goals2.14
2.175-on-5 expected goals1.36
18High-danger chances4
33Shots on goal22
85Shot attempts42
615-on-5 shot attempts33
8:26Power-play time2:23

5-on-5 shares for DET: 64.9% of shot attempts, 61.5% of expected goals.

Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (DET 0.00, CBJ 0.82); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.

Expected goals through the game

Red WingsBlue JacketsCircles mark goals

Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.

Updated Oct 7, 2026, 2:12 p.m.

Shot map

Blue Jackets shooting ←→ Red Wings shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown

By strength

Time, shot attempts, expected goals and goals by strength, from DET's point of view
DET at…	Time	Attempts	xG	Goals
5 on 5	45:41	61–33	2.17–1.36	2–2
Power play	8:26	24–4	1.44–0.28	0–1
Shorthanded	2:23	0–1	0.00–0.05	0–0
Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net)	3:30	0–4	0.00–1.28	0–1

Read pairs as DET–CBJ. “Power play” means DET had the extra skater.

Goaltending

Goalie results with expected goals against
Goalie	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jet Greaves CBJ	31/33	.939	3.61	+1.61
John Gibson DET	18/21	.857	2.14	-0.86

GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.

Most dangerous shooters

Players ranked by individual expected goals
Player	G	SOG	Att	HD	ixG
Cole Sillinger CBJ	1	3	4	0	0.98
Viktor Arvidsson DET	0	3	10	3	0.58
Charlie Coyle CBJ	1	2	3	2	0.47
Michael Rasmussen DET	1	2	6	3	0.42
Valeri Nichushkin CBJ	1	5	6	0	0.36
Justin Faulk DET	0	0	6	1	0.34
Andrew Copp DET	0	3	5	3	0.33
Nate Danielson DET	0	2	6	3	0.32
Kent Johnson CBJ	0	2	2	0	0.31
Alex DeBrincat DET	0	3	8	0	0.30

Three stars

★C. CoyleCBJ · 1G 1A
★★B. ChiarotDET · 1G 1A
★★★J. WilliamsCBJ · 1G 0A

Scoring

Period 1

14:40CBJ C. Coyle pp (from K. Marchenko, Z. Werenski)1–0
18:44CBJ V. Nichushkin (from C. Coyle)2–0

Period 2

03:55CBJ J. Williams (from R. Lomberg, D. Mateychuk)3–0

Period 3

06:39DET B. Chiarot (from M. Kasper)3–1
14:19DET M. Rasmussen (from M. Kasper, B. Chiarot)3–2
19:49CBJ C. Sillinger (from V. Nichushkin, S. Monahan)4–2

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