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Fri, Apr 12, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 64% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET01021008011229
CHI01117110002328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:11CHIViktor StalbergAssists: Duncan Keith, Bryan Bickell · Backhand, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:40DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Carlo Colaiacovo, Jakub Kindl · Deflected, 0.40 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:39DETCory EmmertonAssists: Drew Miller, Jordin Tootoo · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:03CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Johnny Oduya, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  4. 4. DET Henrik Zetterberg scored
  5. 5. CHI Marian Hossa scored
  6. 6. DET Damien Brunner stopped
  7. 7. CHI Michal Rozsival stopped
  8. 8. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  9. 9. CHI Brandon Saad scored
  10. 10. DET Johan Franzen stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:20DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:04DETDaniel Cleary: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 9:33CHIMichal Handzus: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 12:08CHIMichal Handzus: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:18CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 14:01CHIViktor Stalberg: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:29CHIAndrew Shaw: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 13:43DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 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 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
29Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals3.5
58Shot attempts50
22Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
31Hits29
13Blocked shots17
4Giveaways11
10Takeaways13

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. bestAndersson – Nyquist – Brunner6:15

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Filppula – Franzen10:11

    xG 0.25–0.45 (35%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton6:24

    xG 0.09–0.38 (19%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader11:24

    xG 0.24–0.68 (26%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – DeKeyser2:42

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:24

    xG 0.43–0.37 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Quincey3:45

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Stalberg – Shaw8:52

    xG 0.61–0.06 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Sharp – Kruger2:24

    xG 0.29–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Saad2:53

    xG 0.07–0.03 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Kane – Kruger6:17

    xG 0.26–0.23 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Oduya10:08

    xG 0.68–0.28 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson11:51

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Leddy13:09

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

CHI 3.5 xGDET 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #92 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.43 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 64% 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).