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Wed, Feb 18, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 75% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET0618111032328
CHI0171817021234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:10DETTomas TatarAssists: Darren Helm, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:49CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:54DETDarren HelmAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:37CHIKris VersteegAssists: Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  3. 3. DET Gustav Nyquist scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  5. 5. DET Tomas Tatar scored
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:15CHIBryan Bickell: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:11DETJustin Abdelkader: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:26DETKyle Quincey: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 6:29DETTeemu Pulkkinen: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:38DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
28Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts74
26Faceoffs won30
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
21Hits17
23Blocked shots20
5Giveaways11
11Takeaways11

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. bestDatsyuk – Helm – Tatar12:51

    xG 0.71–0.18 (80%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Nyquist – Sheahan – Glendening4:34

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Miller – Andersson3:08

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Pulkkinen13:51

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Quincey – DeKeyser15:00

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Smith – Marchenko13:36

    xG 0.25–0.49 (34%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson17:03

    xG 0.33–0.68 (33%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Shaw – Hartman6:48

    xG 0.36–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Smith – Kruger7:39

    xG 0.35–0.10 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Versteeg – Kane10:53

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Toews – Saad12:34

    xG 0.43–0.56 (43%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson4:01

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Cumiskey5:27

    xG 0.12–0.02 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson17:04

    xG 0.46–0.40 (54%)attempts 11–16goals 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 2.8 xGDET 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 82/100 · #185 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 75% 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).