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Tue, Mar 27, 2012·Prudential Center, Newark

Chicago Blackhawks 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 66% of the time.

NJD winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI013010113021138
NJD1110404032222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:42NJDPetr SykoraPPAssists: Adam Henrique, Mark Fayne · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:34CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Dave Bolland, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk stopped
  2. 2. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  3. 3. NJD Zach Parise stopped
  4. 4. CHI Viktor Stalberg stopped
  5. 5. NJD Patrik Elias scored
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Sharp scored
  7. 7. NJD David Clarkson stopped
  8. 8. CHI Marian Hossa stopped
  9. 9. NJD Travis Zajac scored
  10. 10. CHI Andrew Shaw stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:37NJDMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:50CHIBrent Seabrook: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:07CHISean O'Donnell: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:43NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:36NJDBryce Salvador: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 17:43NJDSteve Bernier: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:14CHIMarian Hossa: 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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bolland won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINJD
38Shots on goal22
2.5Expected goals1.6
62Shot attempts46
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
8Hits13
16Blocked shots15
1Giveaways6
15Takeaways13

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. bestSharp – Stalberg – Kruger12:19

    xG 1.06–0.04 (96%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Brunette – Hossa – Kane13:32

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Bolland – Bickell – Shaw8:36

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson16:50

    xG 1.23–0.45 (73%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. O'Donnell – Olsen2:13

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Seabrook2:30

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Zubrus – Parise12:05

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Sykora – Bernier – Carter4:53

    xG 0.05–0.04 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Clarkson – Josefson8:57

    xG 0.08–0.18 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Henrique11:19

    xG 0.13–0.37 (27%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene11:07

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Taormina2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Salvador – Harrold3:57

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

NJD 1.6 xGCHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #681 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NJD 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 66% of the time.

NJD winsCHI wins

Simulated goal difference (NJD − 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).