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Mon, Feb 15, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI260110314324
DET113061901229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:19CHIMattias JanmarkAssists: Carl Soderberg, Nikita Zadorov · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:09CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Brandon Hagel · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:45DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Patrik Nemeth, Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:49DETChristian DjoosAssists: Frans Nielsen, Adam Erne · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:43CHIDominik KubalikGWGAssists: Pius Suter, Nicolas Beaudin · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:38DETPatrik Nemeth: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:18CHIDuncan Keith: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:46DETValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:43DETRobby Fabbri: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P3 2:42CHIPatrick Kane: 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
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Soderberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
24Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.0
46Shot attempts56
20Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
10Hits11
9Blocked shots11
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways1

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. bestSoderberg – Janmark – Kurashev8:57

    xG 0.25–0.19 (58%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Wallmark – Kampf – Johnson5:33

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Wallmark – Hagel – Kampf2:03

    xG 0.02–0.13 (11%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Strome – Hagel7:58

    xG 0.14–0.51 (21%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Zadorov4:35

    xG 0.18–0.12 (59%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Mitchell17:28

    xG 0.42–0.48 (47%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Carlsson11:50

    xG 0.15–0.33 (32%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Zadina – Brome10:10

    xG 0.46–0.05 (89%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Gagner – Namestnikov7:13

    xG 0.38–0.06 (87%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Glendening – Erne6:56

    xG 0.31–0.11 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  4. Ryan – Mantha – Fabbri10:17

    xG 0.35–0.26 (58%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Djoos11:07

    xG 0.59–0.15 (79%)attempts 12–4goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Stecher13:22

    xG 0.57–0.18 (76%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Hronek3:33

    xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 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 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #279 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 51% 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).