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Wed, Mar 2, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

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

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI19213211533
DET0801629233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:34CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Slap, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:00CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith · Snap, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 9:49DETBrad RichardsPPAssists: Mike Green, Tomas Tatar · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:03CHIAndrew LaddAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:38CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.07 xG5–1
  7. P3 17:51DETRiley SheahanAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Jonathan Ericsson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 3:52CHIAndrew Shaw: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:42DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:59CHIAndrew Desjardins: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:59DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:59CHIAndrew Desjardins: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:22DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:09DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 0:21CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 9:37CHIPatrick Kane: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDET 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.

CHIDET
33Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
11Hits22
12Blocked shots13
8Giveaways7
4Takeaways2

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. Mashinter – Panik – Rasmussen8:06

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Desjardins – Teravainen8:30

    xG 0.18–0.19 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Ladd – Toews – Shaw9:50

    xG 0.48–0.92 (34%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin13:45

    xG 0.28–0.87 (25%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – van Riemsdyk14:49

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Seabrook2:23

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson11:17

    xG 0.42–0.61 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader13:44

    xG 1.13–0.42 (73%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan10:52

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Helm – Jurco – Glendening6:11

    xG 0.17–0.39 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Athanasiou – Larkin8:32

    xG 0.14–0.66 (18%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Marchenko10:41

    xG 0.97–0.54 (64%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser15:36

    xG 1.07–0.83 (56%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  3. Ericsson – Green8:48

    xG 0.25–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–6goals 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 3.6 xGCHI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #706 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

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).