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Fri, Mar 6, 2020·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

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

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0917017133
DET0921105225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:20DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin, Trevor Daley · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:05DETRobby FabbriPPGWGAssists: Gustav Lindstrom, Frans Nielsen · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:55CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brandon Saad, Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:35DETGustav Lindstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:35DETAnthony Mantha: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:37CHIConnor Murphy: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:38CHIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:19DETAlex Biega: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dach won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
33Shots on goal25
3.5Expected goals3.2
55Shot attempts49
23Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
9Hits30
15Blocked shots9
8Giveaways17
4Takeaways4

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. bestToews – Kane – Kubalik2:27

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Saad4:35

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Carpenter – Highmore – Kampf4:38

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

  4. DeBrincat – Caggiula – Dach10:08

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy6:08

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Gilbert9:43

    xG 0.98–0.92 (52%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Koekkoek14:17

    xG 0.23–0.37 (39%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Helm – Gagner6:51

    xG 0.57–0.45 (56%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Glendening – Fabbri3:00

    xG 0.12–0.12 (52%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin13:28

    xG 0.67–0.79 (46%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Timashov4:10

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Lindstrom6:04

    xG 0.87–0.33 (72%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Hronek3:17

    xG 0.22–0.11 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Bowey2:04

    xG 0.08–0.04 (65%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.2 xGCHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #922 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (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 54% 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).