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Fri, Jan 22, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01001219131
CHI11215211428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:22CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Dylan Strome, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:53CHICalvin de HaanGWGAssists: Dylan Strome, Ian Mitchell · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:17CHIAndrew ShawPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:22DETDylan LarkinAssists: Marc Staal, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:06CHIMattias JanmarkENAssists: Connor Murphy, Lucas Wallmark · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:16DETValtteri Filppula: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:50CHIDominik Kubalik: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:55CHIDavid Kampf: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:54CHIPatrick Kane: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 5:32DETMichael Rasmussen: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:31CHIAdam Boqvist: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:10DETFilip Hronek: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 5:52DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:20CHINikita Zadorov: Holding2 min
  10. P3 18:21DETTyler Bertuzzi: Slashing2 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 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
31Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won22
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
31Hits24
10Blocked shots17
12Giveaways15
9Takeaways9

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. bestRyan – Mantha – Larkin5:48

    xG 0.61–0.27 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Mantha – Rasmussen3:40

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Nielsen – Helm3:54

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Bertuzzi – Brome4:03

    xG 0.08–0.02 (82%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDjoos – DeKeyser5:32

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stecher9:51

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Biega – DeKeyser5:42

    xG 0.09–0.09 (49%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKubalik – Strome – Kurashev8:44

    xG 0.70–0.24 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Suter12:01

    xG 0.49–0.35 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Shaw – Janmark – Wallmark5:52

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Hagel – Kampf9:50

    xG 0.26–0.58 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Zadorov11:57

    xG 0.87–0.31 (74%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Mitchell11:03

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  3. Keith – Boqvist12:47

    xG 0.37–0.71 (34%)attempts 6–11goals 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 3.3 xGDET 2.8 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 22/100 · #652 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% 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).