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Sun, Jan 24, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 2, Chicago Blackhawks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 61% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET05112110227
CHI213110312635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42CHIPius SuterAssists: Calvin de Haan, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:44CHIPius SuterPPAssists: Mattias Janmark, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:41DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Filip Hronek · Tip-in, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:18CHIConnor MurphyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:58CHIMattias JanmarkAssists: Patrick Kane, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:39DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Filip Hronek · Backhand, 0.27 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:28CHIPius SuterAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:55CHIPhilipp KurashevUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:33CHIRyan Carpenter: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:57DETLuke Glendening: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:36DETTroy Stecher: Holding2 min
  4. P1 19:12CHIDominik Kubalik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:12CHIDavid Kampf: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:25CHIDuncan Keith: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:04CHIBrandon Hagel: 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 20:00Suter won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
27Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals3.3
48Shot attempts51
20Faceoffs won20
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
34Hits26
11Blocked shots14
10Giveaways12
10Takeaways8

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. bestBertuzzi – Larkin – Brome9:46

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Smith – Hirose4:18

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Ryan – Hirose3:43

    xG 0.14–0.38 (28%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Namestnikov – Glendening – Mantha5:06

    xG 0.05–0.40 (11%)attempts 3–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Stecher16:15

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  2. Nemeth – Hronek15:01

    xG 0.50–0.96 (34%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  3. Djoos – DeKeyser12:01

    xG 0.39–1.24 (24%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestCarpenter – Hagel – Kampf8:02

    xG 0.65–0.06 (91%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Suter11:43

    xG 0.85–0.39 (69%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  3. Soderberg – Shaw – Janmark9:15

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Strome – Kurashev10:36

    xG 0.62–0.63 (50%)attempts 6–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Zadorov13:55

    xG 0.94–0.49 (66%)attempts 14–7goals 3–0

  2. Keith – Boqvist11:35

    xG 0.79–0.45 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Keith – de Haan2:21

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)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.

CHI 3.3 xGDET 2.6 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 51/100 · #407 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 61% 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).