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Sun, Mar 4, 2012·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI151805218
DET190807124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:17CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Marian Hossa, Nick Leddy · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:03DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Darren Helm, Brad Stuart · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:41CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Patrick Sharp · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:08DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:24CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:27CHIDylan Olsen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:13CHIDuncan Keith: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 11:10DETDaniel Cleary: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 16:42CHIAndrew Shaw: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:42DETBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 19:54CHIBryan Bickell: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 7:15DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kane won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
18Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals2.1
34Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
16Hits24
13Blocked shots5
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways8

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. bestSharp – Stalberg – Kruger8:50

    xG 0.79–0.63 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Brunette – Hossa – Kane9:58

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Hayes – Bollig4:32

    xG 0.01–0.12 (10%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Bolland – Bickell – Shaw9:00

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook19:43

    xG 0.66–0.56 (54%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Leddy16:44

    xG 0.51–0.46 (53%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Seabrook2:14

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Franzen – Helm6:39

    xG 0.51–0.03 (95%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Holmstrom – Emmerton – Mursak4:53

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Abdelkader7:13

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Filppula – Hudler10:35

    xG 0.12–0.29 (30%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Smith3:46

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – White4:16

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – Smith2:14

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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 2.1 xGCHI 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #777 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 58% 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).