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Sat, Oct 30, 2010·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 82% of the time.

MIN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01111229332
MIN0907110126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:29CHITroy BrouwerAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:26CHIDuncan KeithGWGAssists: Troy Brouwer, Patrick Kane · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:06MINMarek ZidlickyAssists: Mikko Koivu, Andrew Brunette · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:24CHIJake DowellENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:46CHINick Boynton: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:42MINBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:57MINCasey Wellman: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 8:34CHIFernando Pisani: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 11:19CHIBrent Seabrook: Holding2 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cullen won the faceoff against Sharp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIMIN
32Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals1.1
59Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits28
21Blocked shots11
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways7

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. bestBrouwer – Toews – Kane5:30

    xG 0.94–0.01 (99%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Pisani – Potulny – Skille6:31

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Sharp – Stalberg11:51

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – Smith6:28

    xG 0.09–0.05 (66%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook18:21

    xG 0.92–0.23 (80%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Boynton – Hendry10:39

    xG 0.49–0.05 (90%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Cullimore – Keith2:20

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Brodziak – Staubitz – Gillies3:57

    xG 0.01–0.06 (15%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Madden – Nystrom – Clutterbuck8:10

    xG 0.05–0.17 (24%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Brunette – Koivu – Kobasew10:58

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Cullen – Havlat – Wellman9:10

    xG 0.08–0.41 (16%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Burns13:42

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  2. Stoner – Falk9:54

    xG 0.07–0.24 (23%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Zidlicky16:01

    xG 0.33–0.87 (28%)attempts 21–20goals 1–1

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.

MIN 1.1 xGCHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #982 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 82% of the time.

MIN winsCHI wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − CHI), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).