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Wed, Dec 8, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 3, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 59% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL07311013331
CHI21025110525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:18CHIBryan BickellAssists: Jassen Cullimore, Nick Boynton · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:33CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:36CHIJeremy MorinAssists: Dave Bolland · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:56DALJames NealAssists: Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P2 2:21CHITroy BrouwerGWGAssists: Dave Bolland, Bryan Bickell · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:06DALBrandon SegalUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:11DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Brad Richards, James Neal · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:59CHIPatrick SharpENAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.68 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:12CHIJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:12DALSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 18:07DALStephane Robidas: Elbowing2 min
  4. P1 19:32DALNicklas Grossmann: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:00DALJames Neal: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:23DALTom Wandell: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:29CHIJack Skille: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 14:47DALStephane Robidas: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:44DALStephane Robidas: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
31Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals2.8
47Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won32
1Power plays6
17Penalty minutes7
36Hits35
15Blocked shots10
3Giveaways5
5Takeaways9

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Eriksson – Neal11:22

    xG 0.71–0.63 (53%)attempts 11–16goals 2–1

  2. Sutherby – Burish – Wandell2:18

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Segal – Burish4:54

    xG 0.17–0.38 (31%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn12:09

    xG 0.07–0.29 (20%)attempts 5–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley14:29

    xG 0.63–0.26 (71%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Skrastins – Niskanen3:22

    xG 0.13–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Grossmann – Larsen4:23

    xG 0.01–0.01 (49%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDowell – Skille – Toews2:13

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Kopecky – Sharp – Morin7:26

    xG 0.50–0.07 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Bolland – Bickell – Brouwer11:20

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–6goals 2–1

  4. Skille – Toews – Klinkhammer2:04

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Hjalmarsson18:16

    xG 0.62–0.23 (73%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook14:27

    xG 0.80–0.66 (55%)attempts 20–16goals 1–3

  3. Cullimore – Boynton9:49

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGDAL 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #257 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 59% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).