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Fri, Mar 10, 2017·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1611109226
DET21011019429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:23CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Patrick Kane, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:25DETXavier OuelletAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:52DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Nick Jensen, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:17DETTomas TatarGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:15CHITrevor van RiemsdykAssists: Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:31DETTomas TatarAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:09CHIMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:14CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:14DETJustin Abdelkader: Charging2 min
  4. P1 15:14DETJustin Abdelkader: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:14CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: Instigator misconduct10 min
  6. P1 15:14CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: Instigator2 min
  7. P2 3:17DETLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:45DETAndreas Athanasiou: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:19CHIBrent Seabrook: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 16:34CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 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
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
26Shots on goal29
1.1Expected goals2.7
35Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
23Penalty minutes11
11Hits19
12Blocked shots6
9Giveaways5
8Takeaways8

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. Hossa – Kruger – Jurco4:15

    xG 0.03–0.01 (73%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Desjardins – Hartman – Kero3:34

    xG 0.05–0.03 (61%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Kruger – Hartman2:54

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Schmaltz12:18

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Kempny10:58

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Seabrook4:29

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Seabrook – Kempny2:11

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Tatar12:26

    xG 0.70–0.06 (92%)attempts 16–4goals 2–0

  2. Sheahan – Athanasiou – Larkin9:27

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Callahan – Glendening5:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm8:49

    xG 0.22–0.28 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser15:06

    xG 0.67–0.15 (81%)attempts 13–7goals 2–1

  2. Russo – Ouellet12:59

    xG 0.59–0.09 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  3. Kronwall – Jensen14:41

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 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 2.7 xGCHI 1.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #647 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 82% 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).