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Fri, Nov 14, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 80% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1808010126
DET11122016437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:08DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Drew Miller · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:16CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:49DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:59DETTomas TatarAssists: Joakim Andersson, Luke Glendening · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:51DETBrendan SmithENAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Justin Abdelkader · Backhand, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:05DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:55DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:19DETJimmy Howard: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 14:03CHIJonathan Toews: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 7:24CHIBryan Bickell: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:23DETTomas Tatar: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:44CHIAndrew Shaw: Interference goalkeeper2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDET 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.

CHIDET
26Shots on goal37
1.6Expected goals3.3
47Shot attempts49
22Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
9Hits15
9Blocked shots12
8Giveaways9
2Takeaways3

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. bestHossa – Smith – Kruger9:57

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Kane – Shaw3:10

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Shaw – Saad6:18

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Versteeg – Toews – Saad4:15

    xG 0.18–0.22 (44%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson2:41

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Keith – van Riemsdyk17:55

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  3. Oduya – Seabrook3:14

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Abdelkader – Jurco7:58

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Tatar – Sheahan8:36

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist9:14

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening9:13

    xG 0.50–0.48 (51%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson11:14

    xG 1.17–0.45 (72%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  2. Ericsson – Quincey3:37

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser9:44

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 5–7goals 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 3.3 xGCHI 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #822 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 80% 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).