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Fri, Nov 4, 2011·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI015490800432
TBL084140614532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:15TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Ryan Malone, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:05CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:55TBLBrett ConnollyAssists: Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:17CHIMarian HossaAssists: Patrick Kane, Steve Montador · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:10CHIDaniel CarcilloUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:22CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–2
  7. P2 11:45TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–3
  8. P2 19:27TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Ryan Malone · Slap, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:06TBLVincent LecavalierGWGAssists: Martin St. Louis, Marc-Andre Bergeron · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:55TBLRyan Shannon: Holding2 min
  2. P2 0:35TBLBrett Connolly: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:51CHIViktor Stalberg: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITBL
32Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals2.3
67Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
18Hits26
13Blocked shots21
4Giveaways6
9Takeaways10

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. bestBrunette – Stalberg – Toews12:48

    xG 0.64–0.35 (65%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  2. Hossa – Sharp – Kane17:36

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  3. Mayers – Carcillo – Kruger7:02

    xG 0.31–0.51 (37%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Bolland – Bickell – Frolik11:23

    xG 0.22–0.69 (24%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontador – Lepisto12:49

    xG 0.86–0.16 (85%)attempts 17–4goals 2–0

  2. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson20:12

    xG 0.61–0.56 (52%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  3. O'Donnell – Seabrook2:22

    xG 0.02–0.02 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMalone – Purcell – Stamkos14:07

    xG 1.28–0.12 (91%)attempts 20–7goals 2–1

  2. Hall – Thompson – Pyatt11:12

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos2:25

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Shannon – Downie7:45

    xG 0.11–0.52 (17%)attempts 3–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – Gilroy15:04

    xG 0.82–0.31 (72%)attempts 16–12goals 3–1

  2. Brewer – Hedman17:01

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Clark – Kubina13:11

    xG 0.24–0.66 (27%)attempts 9–23goals 0–1

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.

TBL 2.3 xGCHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #45 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 54% of the time.

TBL winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).