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Fri, Dec 17, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 70% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1150807130
CHI21411116431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:04CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Jonathan Toews · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:32CHIBryan BickellGWGAssists: Fernando Pisani, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 4:59DETPatrick EavesAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Brian Rafalski · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:22CHITomas KopeckyAssists: Brian Campbell, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:56CHITomas KopeckyENAssists: Jack Skille, Jake Dowell · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 0:47DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 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 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
30Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.7
67Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won29
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
36Hits34
12Blocked shots24
3Giveaways9
9Takeaways14

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. bestEaves – Miller – Abdelkader4:35

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg11:17

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Eaves – Miller – Helm3:39

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Zetterberg4:38

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRafalski – Ericsson15:28

    xG 0.87–0.59 (59%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart16:58

    xG 0.75–0.53 (58%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1

  3. Lidstrom – Kronwall2:49

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKopecky – Dowell – Skille11:40

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Brouwer – Toews13:23

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Pisani – Bolland – Bickell14:20

    xG 0.27–0.83 (24%)attempts 7–25goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCullimore – Boynton8:09

    xG 0.47–0.10 (82%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Hjalmarsson18:59

    xG 0.52–0.24 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook17:34

    xG 0.50–0.99 (34%)attempts 12–27goals 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.

CHI 3.7 xGDET 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #874 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 70% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

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

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