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Fri, Jan 20, 2012·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 86% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0501014119
CHI2811004322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:40CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Patrick Kane, Viktor Stalberg · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:43CHIDuncan KeithPPGWGAssists: Marian Hossa, Nick Leddy · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:05CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 0:43FLAJason GarrisonPPAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Tomas Kopecky · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:45CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:37FLAScottie Upshall: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 11:36FLAJohn Madden: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:16FLAKeaton Ellerby: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:53CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:00FLAJack Skille: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:39CHIJonathan Toews: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
19Shots on goal22
1.0Expected goals2.9
34Shot attempts46
33Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
34Hits22
15Blocked shots8
7Giveaways7
5Takeaways13

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. Madden – Barch – Bergenheim5:16

    xG 0.03–0.16 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kopecky – Goc7:40

    xG 0.02–0.15 (12%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Skille – Matthias8:17

    xG 0.05–0.25 (16%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg11:42

    xG 0.31–0.53 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Ellerby11:12

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Weaver2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Gudbranson13:22

    xG 0.16–0.53 (23%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestStalberg – Toews – Kane13:27

    xG 0.68–0.22 (75%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  2. Brunette – Bolland – Hayes6:07

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Frolik – Smith5:04

    xG 0.23–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Kruger – Shaw11:13

    xG 0.08–0.13 (37%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook15:11

    xG 0.57–0.25 (69%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy10:19

    xG 0.27–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Montador6:16

    xG 0.20–0.03 (89%)attempts 5–2goals 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 2.9 xGFLA 1.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1006 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 86% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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