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Sun, Jan 14, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Blackhawks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 57% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET2701128426
CHI01005012027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:08DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:18DETMike GreenAssists: Anthony Mantha, Gustav Nyquist · Slap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:46DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Andreas Athanasiou · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P3 13:37DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Nick Jensen, Martin Frk · Backhand, 0.28 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:29DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:32CHIBrandon Saad: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:15CHIGustav Forsling: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:58CHINick Schmaltz: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:48DETAndreas Athanasiou: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:43CHIJonathan Toews: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:10DETTomas Tatar: Hooking2 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 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
26Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.0
51Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits11
26Blocked shots16
7Giveaways6
3Takeaways5

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. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin5:40

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  2. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha9:35

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Tatar – Frk3:10

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin2:33

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – DeKeyser13:57

    xG 0.96–0.28 (77%)attempts 16–16goals 2–0

  2. Ericsson – Jensen8:06

    xG 0.05–0.28 (16%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Green2:23

    xG 0.02–0.25 (6%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Saad – Duclair3:01

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – DeBrincat – Kampf6:20

    xG 0.19–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Hartman – Schmaltz11:28

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  4. Toews – Saad – Hinostroza6:39

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 12–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestForsling – Rutta11:09

    xG 0.65–0.13 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Murphy – Oesterle3:30

    xG 0.23–0.08 (74%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Rutta2:40

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.0 xGDET 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1173 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 57% 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).