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Sat, Apr 17, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1518214427
DET01001009029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:39CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:40CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Brandon Hagel, Connor Murphy · Snap, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:16CHIWyatt KalynukAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:27CHIPius SuterENAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.58 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:39DETFilip Zadina: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:56CHIDuncan Keith: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 17:19CHIPhilipp Kurashev: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:21CHIBrett Connolly: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 2:13DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 11:43CHIIan Mitchell: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 12:36CHIAlex DeBrincat: 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 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Kurashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
27Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals3.4
42Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won29
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
15Hits11
15Blocked shots12
4Giveaways14
7Takeaways2

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. Kane – Hagel – Suter2:26

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Hinostroza – Suter7:47

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. DeBrincat – Hagel – Dach7:45

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Kubalik – Kurashev2:03

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Stillman2:45

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Kalynuk9:57

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Kalynuk2:07

    xG 0.01–0.02 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Namestnikov – Erne2:26

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Panik – Rasmussen5:25

    xG 0.39–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Gagner – Namestnikov2:16

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Glendening – Erne6:52

    xG 0.27–0.09 (75%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher13:13

    xG 0.90–0.34 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  2. Cholowski – Hronek13:10

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Lindstrom12:09

    xG 0.26–0.35 (42%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

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 3.4 xGCHI 2.4 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 8/100 · #777 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% 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).