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Mon, Mar 28, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI21401601011341
DET1140911200235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:54CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Troy Brouwer, Chris Campoli · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:36DETNicklas LidstromAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Brian Rafalski · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:18CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:25DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Brian Rafalski · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:51CHIMarian HossaPPGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:17DETTodd Bertuzzi: Elbowing5 min
  2. P1 5:17DETTodd Bertuzzi: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 6:08CHIMarian Hossa: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 9:55CHIMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 13:08DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P1 14:17CHITomas Kopecky: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P1 16:44CHIRyan Johnson: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:44CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:26DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  10. P3 12:41DETNiklas Kronwall: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 12:41CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding the stick2 min
  12. P3 19:56DETHenrik Zetterberg: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
41Shots on goal35
4.1Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts69
23Faceoffs won36
5Power plays4
12Penalty minutes23
11Hits24
21Blocked shots14
4Giveaways8
6Takeaways12

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Toews – Kane11:56

    xG 0.91–0.52 (64%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Bickell – Kruger7:11

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Kopecky – Frolik6:10

    xG 0.49–0.40 (55%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Pisani – Stalberg6:16

    xG 0.29–0.53 (36%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Campoli11:04

    xG 0.85–0.36 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook13:37

    xG 0.66–0.57 (54%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Keith2:22

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHolmstrom – Filppula – Franzen4:57

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Zetterberg – Hudler10:55

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Draper – Eaves – Helm4:38

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Draper – Abdelkader – Helm2:32

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Salei – Rafalski10:13

    xG 0.70–0.90 (44%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart13:20

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson13:33

    xG 0.78–1.19 (40%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

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.

DET 3.1 xGCHI 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #488 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 67% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

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

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