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Sun, Mar 16, 2014·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET051708120
CHI01121425430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:44CHINick LeddyPPAssists: Marian Hossa, Ben Smith · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:10DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:46CHIBen SmithGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:33CHIMarian HossaAssists: Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:50CHIJonathan ToewsSHAssists: Marian Hossa · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:32CHIPatrick Sharp: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:39DETRiley Sheahan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:23DETTomas Tatar: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:02DETTeemu Pulkkinen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:23CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:22CHIBryan Bickell: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:13CHIAndrew Shaw: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:13DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min
  9. P3 16:36CHIDuncan Keith: High sticking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
20Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts53
21Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
33Hits20
18Blocked shots11
7Giveaways12
4Takeaways3

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. bestAlfredsson – Miller – Glendening4:09

    xG 0.46–0.09 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Franzen – Nyquist – Sheahan2:42

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Legwand – Franzen3:18

    xG 0.28–0.15 (64%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Emmerton – Pulkkinen3:27

    xG 0.11–0.06 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Lashoff9:25

    xG 0.36–0.10 (79%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith – DeKeyser3:25

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser11:46

    xG 0.10–0.34 (22%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Kane – Smith8:27

    xG 0.62–0.11 (85%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Versteeg – Toews9:36

    xG 0.32–0.27 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Kruger – Bollig4:38

    xG 0.08–0.05 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Sharp – Shaw2:30

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook13:32

    xG 0.86–0.55 (61%)attempts 22–10goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – Leddy12:48

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson14:34

    xG 0.52–0.60 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 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 2.5 xGDET 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #732 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).