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Sun, Jan 27, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET011091901130
CHI111060812227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:24CHIDuncan KeithPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:30DETJohan FranzenAssists: Damien Brunner, Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:45CHINick LeddyGWGAssists: Viktor Stalberg, Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:45DETKent Huskins: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:34CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:48CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:22CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 8:39CHIBrent Seabrook: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 10:58CHIBryan Bickell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 17:29CHIJamal Mayers: Closing hand on puck2 min
  8. P3 11:29DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  9. P3 14:34DETHenrik Zetterberg: 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackCHI 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.

DETCHI
30Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts48
33Faceoffs won31
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
19Hits14
14Blocked shots20
3Giveaways12
5Takeaways13

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. bestZetterberg – Franzen – Brunner9:58

    xG 0.55–0.28 (67%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton5:49

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Filppula11:01

    xG 0.21–0.13 (61%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Eaves – Abdelkader6:13

    xG 0.12–0.18 (40%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith5:48

    xG 0.67–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–0goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Smith3:13

    xG 0.31–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Lashoff2:49

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Stalberg – Shaw8:57

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Mayers – Frolik – Kruger4:35

    xG 0.03–0.06 (34%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Toews – Saad9:55

    xG 0.39–0.47 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Sharp – Bolland – Kane10:39

    xG 0.29–0.44 (40%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrookbank – Leddy8:32

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson12:54

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook16:02

    xG 0.48–0.72 (40%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

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 1.9 xGDET 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #349 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 63% 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).