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Sat, Nov 13, 2010·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Nashville Predators 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 60% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI11321304020332
NSH0929110051433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:07CHIJack SkilleAssists: Brian Campbell, Bryan Bickell · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:37NSHShane O'BrienAssists: Marcel Goc, Kevin Klein · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:19NSHShea WeberPPAssists: Martin Erat, J-P Dumont · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:51CHIViktor StalbergAssists: Patrick Sharp, Fernando Pisani · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:10CHIJack SkilleAssists: Jake Dowell · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:23NSHCody FransonAssists: Francis Bouillon, Steve Sullivan · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. NSH Cal O'Reilly scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  4. 4. NSH Steve Sullivan stopped
  5. 5. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
Penalties (15)
  1. P2 0:55NSHPatric Hornqvist: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 0:55CHIMarty Turco: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 3:48CHINick Boynton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:16NSHFrancis Bouillon: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 15:16CHINick Boynton: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:20NSHCody Franson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 15:58NSHShea Weber: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 18:39NSHShea Weber: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 18:39NSHShea Weber: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 18:39CHIBryan Bickell: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 7:26NSHPatric Hornqvist: Charging2 min
  12. P3 13:57CHIViktor Stalberg: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 14:44CHIDave Bolland: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:44NSHSteve Sullivan: Roughing2 min
  15. OT 2:29CHIPatrick Kane: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINSH
32Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
17Penalty minutes19
17Hits19
22Blocked shots15
8Giveaways13
11Takeaways12

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. bestHossa – Bolland – Kane10:43

    xG 0.46–0.21 (69%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Brouwer – Toews11:45

    xG 0.40–0.25 (62%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Dowell – Skille10:06

    xG 0.20–0.38 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

  4. Pisani – Kopecky – Stalberg6:34

    xG 0.02–0.20 (7%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoynton – Keith13:19

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 14–16goals 2–1

  2. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson17:17

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Cullimore – Campbell12:03

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Smithson – Kostitsyn – Wilson4:40

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  2. Sullivan – O'Reilly – Hornqvist14:03

    xG 0.45–0.41 (53%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Erat – Goc – Wilson4:08

    xG 0.08–0.07 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Dumont – Legwand – Ward9:18

    xG 0.12–0.13 (47%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Franson9:20

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  2. Bouillon – Franson2:56

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Klein – O'Brien2:14

    xG 0.08–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

NSH 1.9 xGCHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #152 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 60% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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