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Sat, Dec 13, 2025·United Center, Chicago

Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Blackhawks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21011014424
CHI0806012026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:55DETAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:35DETPatrick KaneAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:23DETEmmitt FinnieAssists: Lucas Raymond, Axel Sandin-Pellikka · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P3 16:14DETAlex DeBrincatENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.54 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:24CHIOliver Moore: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:30CHIColton Dach: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:34DETJacob Bernard-Docker: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:30CHIAndre Burakovsky: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:04DETEmmitt Finnie: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:48DETAlex DeBrincat: Tripping2 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
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nazar won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCHI
24Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals2.4
47Shot attempts67
20Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits30
21Blocked shots7
13Giveaways10
5Takeaways2

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. bestKane – Copp – DeBrincat12:25

    xG 0.73–0.10 (88%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  2. Larkin – Raymond – Finnie10:55

    xG 0.49–0.64 (43%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  3. Soderblom – Kasper – Danielson6:39

    xG 0.07–0.23 (23%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Compher – Rasmussen7:29

    xG 0.06–0.45 (11%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Edvinsson17:56

    xG 0.70–0.47 (60%)attempts 11–22goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka14:29

    xG 0.57–0.60 (49%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  3. Bernard-Docker – Johansson10:04

    xG 0.18–0.53 (25%)attempts 4–17goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurakovsky – Bertuzzi – Nazar9:07

    xG 0.62–0.48 (56%)attempts 19–7goals 0–2

  2. Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev9:17

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Toninato – Donato – Dach8:26

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Greene – Lardis – Moore6:33

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Grzelcyk – Levshunov15:01

    xG 0.59–0.55 (52%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Murphy – Kaiser12:58

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Levshunov2:26

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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 2.4 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1269 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 63% 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).