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Fri, Jan 10, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 97% of the time.

DET winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI150228315
DET1411836528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:26DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane, Justin Holl · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:56CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Connor Bedard, Ilya Mikheyev · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:41DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:00DETAndrew CoppAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:07DETAlbert JohanssonGWGAssists: Lucas Raymond, Marco Kasper · Snap, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:16CHITeuvo TeravainenAssists: Nolan Allan, Colton Dach · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:06CHITeuvo TeravainenUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:21DETMarco KasperENAssists: Simon Edvinsson · Snap, 0.75 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:32CHIRyan Donato: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:44CHIConnor Bedard: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:50CHIPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 14:00CHIConnor Bedard: 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
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDET
15Shots on goal28
0.9Expected goals4.5
27Shot attempts56
20Faceoffs won24
0Power plays4
8Penalty minutes0
21Hits12
13Blocked shots7
23Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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. Teravainen – Dach – Nazar8:31

    xG 0.26–0.24 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Donato – Kurashev9:07

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Bertuzzi – Donato – Bedard3:06

    xG 0.00–0.42 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Hall – Dickinson9:07

    xG 0.00–0.54 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Allan9:13

    xG 0.19–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Kaiser4:03

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Allan4:23

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Raymond – Kasper10:48

    xG 1.10–0.06 (95%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Copp – DeBrincat11:58

    xG 0.76–0.20 (79%)attempts 13–7goals 2–1

  3. Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren9:44

    xG 0.33–0.07 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Rasmussen – Veleno8:07

    xG 0.03–0.08 (26%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider18:30

    xG 1.02–0.22 (82%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  2. Johansson – Edvinsson14:27

    xG 0.73–0.29 (72%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  3. Holl – Gustafsson11:25

    xG 0.42–0.19 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

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 4.5 xGCHI 0.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 76/100 · #305 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 97% 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).