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Sun, Oct 24, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 6, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 80% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET18419110637
CHI11116118335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:41DETLucas RaymondAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:35CHITyler JohnsonAssists: Jonathan Toews, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:22DETCarter RowneyAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Mitchell Stephens · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:33DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Mitchell Stephens, Filip Zadina · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:19DETTyler BertuzziGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond · Deflected, 0.23 xG4–1
  6. P2 12:10CHIDominik KubalikPPAssists: Seth Jones, Jonathan Toews · Slap, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P2 19:00DETLucas RaymondAssists: Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.27 xG5–2
  8. P3 1:58CHIHenrik BorgstromAssists: Dylan Strome, Adam Gaudette · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–3
  9. P3 7:00DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Slap, 0.11 xG6–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:01CHITyler Johnson: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 13:04CHIDominik Kubalik: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 13:37DETDylan Larkin: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 14:59DETRobby Fabbri: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 1:36CHITyler Johnson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 11:06DETMarc Staal: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:20CHIJake McCabe: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 6:44CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:19DETTyler Bertuzzi: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 10:45DETMoritz Seider: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 12:38DETVladislav Namestnikov: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  12. P3 14:36CHIDylan Strome: High sticking double minor4 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
37Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals5.6
50Shot attempts68
26Faceoffs won29
8Power plays5
12Penalty minutes16
23Hits41
19Blocked shots8
12Giveaways10
11Takeaways8

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 – Raymond6:31

    xG 0.99–0.29 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 3–0

  2. Fabbri – Suter – Zadina7:13

    xG 0.48–0.06 (88%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Rowney – Stephens4:52

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Namestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen8:49

    xG 0.06–0.45 (12%)attempts 3–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher8:58

    xG 0.94–0.20 (83%)attempts 10–8goals 3–0

  2. Leddy – Lindstrom13:17

    xG 0.90–0.49 (65%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. DeKeyser – Seider11:28

    xG 0.44–0.58 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Johnson – Kubalik8:25

    xG 0.31–0.06 (83%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Carpenter – Hagel – Johnson3:35

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Gaudette – Borgstrom7:45

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Carpenter – Kurashev – Johnson3:20

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Murphy4:55

    xG 0.47–0.16 (75%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Jones6:25

    xG 0.57–0.39 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Murphy – McCabe6:21

    xG 0.09–0.22 (30%)attempts 8–7goals 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 5.6 xGDET 3.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 75/100 · #394 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 80% 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).