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Thu, Jan 25, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 86% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI31117110528
DET0806110124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:19CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Connor Murphy, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:43CHIAnthony DuclairGWGAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Duncan Keith · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:47CHIVinnie HinostrozaAssists: Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:31CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P3 16:09DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:41CHIAlex DeBrincatENAssists: Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.68 xG5–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 14:21DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  2. P3 5:58DETTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 14:57CHIArtem Anisimov: Tripping2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
28Shots on goal24
4.6Expected goals2.0
61Shot attempts58
21Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
13Hits26
16Blocked shots19
8Giveaways15
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Wingels – Hartman10:56

    xG 0.65–0.31 (68%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Duclair – DeBrincat11:45

    xG 0.78–0.52 (60%)attempts 17–14goals 3–0

  3. Jurco – Hinostroza – Kampf10:50

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Saad – Schmaltz13:17

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Kempny12:48

    xG 1.07–0.44 (71%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Oesterle18:46

    xG 0.73–0.40 (64%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson13:22

    xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Tatar – Glendening10:52

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Frk – Turgeon2:14

    xG 0.04–0.11 (27%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha15:08

    xG 0.55–0.91 (38%)attempts 21–12goals 0–1

  4. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin10:25

    xG 0.23–0.65 (26%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Ericsson – Witkowski4:39

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Ouellet3:17

    xG 0.14–0.20 (40%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Ouellet – DeKeyser2:37

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 3–1goals 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 2.0 xGCHI 4.6 xG
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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 13/100 · #1101 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 86% 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).