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Wed, Mar 23, 2011·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 0, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0805010023
CHI01211237431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:41CHIBrent SeabrookPPGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:46CHIViktor StalbergAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:04CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:05CHITomas KopeckyAssists: Michael Frolik, Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:48FLAMike Weaver: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:06CHIMarian Hossa: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 1:02FLAJack Skille: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:40FLADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:09FLANiclas Bergfors: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:42CHIMarcus Kruger: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
23Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals2.2
40Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
31Hits21
16Blocked shots9
4Giveaways12
13Takeaways13

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – Samsonov – Repik4:27

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Carter – Dadonov5:00

    xG 0.18–0.08 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Matthias – Dadonov7:49

    xG 0.21–0.14 (59%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Reasoner – Booth – Repik3:26

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCallahan – Sulzer14:24

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Ellerby – Kulikov13:28

    xG 0.34–0.41 (45%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Weaver – Garrison16:23

    xG 0.56–1.06 (35%)attempts 16–16goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Brouwer – Kruger7:59

    xG 0.42–0.17 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Stalberg – Toews – Kane11:56

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  3. Hossa – Kopecky – Frolik10:26

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Pisani – Dowell7:18

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook15:18

    xG 0.82–0.43 (65%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Campoli – Leddy2:54

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Leddy9:57

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 12–3goals 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.

CHI 2.2 xGFLA 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1097 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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