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Thu, Mar 17, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0110705023
DAL1821227527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:37DALSteve OttGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:01DALJamie BennAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:35DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Jamie Benn, Mike Ribeiro · Snap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:54DALJason WilliamsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P3 11:52DALBrandon SegalAssists: Brad Richards, Tomas Vincour · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:17CHIBrent Seabrook: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:50DALJamie Langenbrunner: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:07DALBrandon Segal: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:07CHIJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:05CHIBrent Seabrook: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 7:27DALTomas Vincour: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P2 7:58CHIDuncan Keith: Charging2 min
  8. P2 13:32DALJason Williams: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:51CHITroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:50CHIMarian Hossa: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 9:50CHIJohn Scott: Misconduct10 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 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
23Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals1.9
47Shot attempts48
34Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
25Penalty minutes13
21Hits26
11Blocked shots14
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways11

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. bestJohnson – Kopecky – Stalberg3:47

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Kopecky – Brouwer2:15

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Toews – Kane7:58

    xG 0.09–0.06 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Brouwer – Frolik3:31

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Leddy8:46

    xG 0.48–0.15 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Seabrook2:38

    xG 0.16–0.13 (56%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Keith – Campoli4:20

    xG 0.07–0.04 (63%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Benn9:50

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 2–0

  2. Petersen – Williams – Wandell7:05

    xG 0.07–0.10 (42%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Segal2:44

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Langenbrunner – Richards – Ott10:36

    xG 0.37–0.75 (33%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann13:28

    xG 0.22–0.04 (86%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Skrastins – Goligoski12:59

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley11:58

    xG 0.19–0.50 (28%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

DAL 1.9 xGCHI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1132 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 55% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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