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Sun, Feb 10, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 2, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET016115114245
CHI21801137536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:04CHIDominik KahunAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:03CHIDylan StromeAssists: Dominik Kahun, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:00DETChristoffer EhnUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:45CHIDominik KahunGWGAssists: Dylan Strome, Alex DeBrincat · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:30DETGustav NyquistAssists: Nick Jensen, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:27CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:59CHIJonathan ToewsENAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:30DETGustav Nyquist: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 5:13CHIBrendan Perlini: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:17DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 12:04CHIJonathan Toews: 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 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
45Shots on goal36
3.9Expected goals4.2
77Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits24
16Blocked shots20
7Giveaways6
7Takeaways7

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 – Glendening – Ehn3:16

    xG 0.80–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Nyquist – Larkin9:35

    xG 0.97–0.22 (81%)attempts 21–2goals 1–2

  3. de la Rose – Ehn – Rasmussen3:08

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Athanasiou – Mantha3:17

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green16:52

    xG 1.27–0.93 (58%)attempts 25–15goals 0–1

  2. Jensen – DeKeyser14:17

    xG 0.61–0.56 (52%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  3. Ericsson – Cholowski10:47

    xG 0.75–0.76 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Anisimov – Hayden5:23

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Caggiula15:27

    xG 0.90–0.91 (50%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  3. Strome – DeBrincat – Kahun9:25

    xG 0.80–0.83 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 3–1

  4. Kruger – Saad – Perlini9:47

    xG 0.35–0.97 (27%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKoekkoek – Gustafsson11:37

    xG 1.01–0.72 (58%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Seabrook18:19

    xG 0.82–0.77 (52%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

  3. Murphy – Dahlstrom17:09

    xG 0.71–1.49 (32%)attempts 13–26goals 1–0

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 4.2 xGDET 3.9 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 52/100 · #613 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (CHI − DET), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).