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Sat, Oct 9, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1916111326
CHI1121808228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:59DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Johan Franzen, Todd Bertuzzi · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:57CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Marian Hossa, Troy Brouwer · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:12DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Brad Stuart, Brian Rafalski · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:49CHIBryan BickellAssists: Dave Bolland, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:01DETValtteri FilppulaPPGWGAssists: Jiri Hudler, Nicklas Lidstrom · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 18:34DETRuslan Salei: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:29CHIBrent Seabrook: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:39DETBrian Rafalski: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:40CHIMarian Hossa: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 3:34CHINick Boynton: Holding2 min
  6. P3 4:49CHIDave Bolland: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:07DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  8. P3 9:53DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:06DETTodd Bertuzzi: 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 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
26Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals1.8
50Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits32
14Blocked shots16
6Giveaways15
3Takeaways13

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. bestBertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen10:04

    xG 0.59–0.45 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 2–1

  2. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg9:40

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Miller – Helm5:44

    xG 0.08–0.17 (32%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Modano – Cleary – Hudler6:57

    xG 0.07–0.17 (28%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Rafalski12:09

    xG 0.74–0.34 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  2. Salei – Rafalski3:25

    xG 0.06–0.10 (37%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Salei – Kindl7:11

    xG 0.07–0.21 (24%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDowell – Skille – Stalberg3:30

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Kopecky – Toews10:57

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Pisani – Brouwer – Pirri5:33

    xG 0.05–0.12 (30%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Bolland – Bickell – Kane9:47

    xG 0.34–0.48 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook16:35

    xG 0.53–0.33 (62%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Boynton – Hjalmarsson14:38

    xG 0.32–0.47 (41%)attempts 10–17goals 1–2

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.

CHI 1.8 xGDET 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #505 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 56% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

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

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