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Fri, Feb 11, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Dallas Stars 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI390807021326
DAL05217110033435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39CHIPatrick KaneUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:10CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:56CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:59DALStephane RobidasUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:55DALBrad RichardsPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:47DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Stephane Robidas · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Brenden Morrow scored
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  3. 3. DAL Brad Richards scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
  5. 5. DAL Mike Ribeiro scored
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 9:32CHIPatrick Sharp: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 12:06DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:05DALLoui Eriksson: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 15:16DALTrevor Daley: Delaying game2 min
  5. P1 15:32DALSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 15:32CHIDave Bolland: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 5:29DALMark Fistric: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 5:29CHIBryan Bickell: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 5:29DALMark Fistric: Interference2 min
  10. P2 13:32CHIBryan Bickell: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 19:19CHITroy Brouwer: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  12. P3 2:09CHIBrent Seabrook: Delaying game2 min
  13. P3 7:42CHIMichael Frolik: Too many men on the ice2 min
  14. P3 15:35DALMike Ribeiro: 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
26Shots on goal35
1.7Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won27
5Power plays5
14Penalty minutes14
16Hits39
15Blocked shots14
15Giveaways16
9Takeaways12

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. bestBolland – Bickell – Frolik4:50

    xG 0.24–0.03 (88%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Kopecky – Dowell – Brouwer4:33

    xG 0.11–0.00 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Brouwer – Frolik5:08

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Pisani – Bolland – Bickell4:29

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Hendry9:36

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson14:47

    xG 0.46–0.40 (54%)attempts 15–20goals 2–1

  3. Campbell – Keith2:26

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro10:37

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  2. Ott – Wandell – Vincour4:54

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal12:07

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann11:46

    xG 0.91–0.13 (87%)attempts 17–4goals 2–2

  2. Woywitka – Daley17:24

    xG 0.47–0.46 (50%)attempts 13–20goals 0–0

  3. Skrastins – Fistric8:21

    xG 0.04–0.07 (37%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

DAL 2.7 xGCHI 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #149 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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