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Sun, Feb 25, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 78% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1120611112331
CHI0142110803236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:19DETDaniel SprongAssists: Christian Fischer, Robby Fabbri · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:29CHIMacKenzie EntwistleAssists: Ryan Donato, Reese Johnson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:52CHINick FolignoPPAssists: Connor Bedard, Seth Jones · Deflected, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:44DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:43DETPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 17:00DETLucas Raymond: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
31Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals3.6
67Shot attempts62
32Faceoffs won24
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
11Hits20
12Blocked shots22
10Giveaways13
8Takeaways13

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. bestPerron – Copp – Veleno12:30

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Compher – Rasmussen – Raymond15:12

    xG 0.55–0.68 (45%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

  3. Fabbri – Fischer – Sprong7:14

    xG 0.11–0.36 (24%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  4. Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat15:28

    xG 0.30–0.93 (24%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Petry – Chiarot18:32

    xG 0.53–0.83 (39%)attempts 23–18goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Gostisbehere16:26

    xG 0.28–0.65 (30%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  3. Walman – Seider17:36

    xG 0.47–1.05 (31%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Dickinson – Anderson12:40

    xG 0.89–0.10 (90%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Donato – Entwistle – Johnson6:40

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Beauvillier – Kurashev – Bedard13:15

    xG 0.52–0.53 (49%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh14:12

    xG 0.33–0.57 (37%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Vlasic22:23

    xG 1.14–0.27 (81%)attempts 25–18goals 1–2

  2. Tinordi – Crevier14:07

    xG 0.91–0.71 (56%)attempts 11–27goals 0–0

  3. Megna – Korchinski17:59

    xG 0.53–0.71 (43%)attempts 17–17goals 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 3.6 xGDET 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #608 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 78% 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).