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Sun, Mar 6, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 80% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET18013013134
CHI21103212426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:21CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:19CHIDuncan KeithPPGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Artem Anisimov · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:34DETGustav NyquistAssists: Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:15CHIArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brent Seabrook · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:23CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Andrew Desjardins, Michal Rozsival · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:26DETTomas Jurco: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 2:26CHIDuncan Keith: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:32DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:11DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  5. P2 3:48CHIRichard Panik: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:53CHIArtemi Panarin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 19:59CHIJonathan Toews: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 10:54DETMike Green: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
34Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals3.6
63Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits15
16Blocked shots20
4Giveaways8
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Sheahan – Glendening2:45

    xG 0.32–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin9:13

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Jurco – Glendening3:56

    xG 0.17–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Pulkkinen – Athanasiou4:48

    xG 0.15–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson10:11

    xG 0.23–0.04 (87%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith – DeKeyser2:01

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Green4:13

    xG 0.04–0.12 (24%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Toews – Shaw12:48

    xG 0.58–0.52 (53%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  2. Weise – Panik – Rasmussen4:35

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin9:47

    xG 0.37–0.44 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  4. Fleischmann – Desjardins – Teravainen8:38

    xG 0.05–0.22 (18%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – van Riemsdyk13:01

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 2–1

  2. Seabrook – van Riemsdyk2:48

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson8:54

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 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 3.6 xGDET 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #915 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 80% 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).