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Thu, Jan 24, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 69% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI01211811011341
DAL16180801223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:59DALLoui ErikssonSHAssists: Derek Roy, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:41DALRay WhitneyAssists: Cody Eakin · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:57CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Nick Leddy · Deflected, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:07CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:41CHIMarian HossaPPGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp · Slap, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:26DALStephane Robidas: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:01DALJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:48DALRyan Garbutt: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:09DALPhilip Larsen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:53DALRyan Garbutt: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:08CHIMarian Hossa: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 13:08DALEric Nystrom: Boarding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:42CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  9. OT 0:22DALBrenden Morrow: Interference2 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 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
41Shots on goal23
3.7Expected goals2.5
77Shot attempts42
35Faceoffs won23
7Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
13Hits19
7Blocked shots24
9Giveaways15
10Takeaways8

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. bestMayers – Frolik – Kruger5:31

    xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw9:54

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Toews – Saad10:38

    xG 0.67–0.76 (47%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Bolland – Kane10:39

    xG 0.25–0.68 (27%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson14:45

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook17:29

    xG 1.14–1.30 (47%)attempts 22–21goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Leddy12:31

    xG 0.13–0.46 (22%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Ryder – Eakin11:55

    xG 0.87–0.25 (78%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Morrow – Fiddler – Nystrom8:51

    xG 0.30–0.07 (82%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Wandell – Smith – Garbutt5:42

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Nystrom – Wandell2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski13:16

    xG 1.16–0.42 (73%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Larsen – Dillon16:49

    xG 0.64–0.47 (58%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Benn12:13

    xG 0.20–0.94 (18%)attempts 7–19goals 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.

DAL 2.5 xGCHI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 78/100 · #168 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 69% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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