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Fri, Feb 1, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

VAN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI090916040128
VAN190606011222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:42VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Zack Kassian, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:42CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Andrew Shaw, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. VAN Zack Kassian stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  5. 5. VAN Maxim Lapierre stopped
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
  7. 7. VAN Jordan Schroeder scored
  8. 8. CHI Nick Leddy stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:34CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:44VANKeith Ballard: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:33CHISheldon Brookbank: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:33VANAlexandre Burrows: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 18:25VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:48VANJason Garrison: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 2:22VANMason Raymond: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:45CHIMarcus Kruger: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 11:05CHIMichael Frolik: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 14:59CHIJohnny Oduya: Hooking2 min
  11. OT 3:49VANJason Garrison: High sticking2 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIVAN
28Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals1.5
54Shot attempts42
30Faceoffs won20
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
6Hits22
11Blocked shots16
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways9

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. bestHossa – Toews – Saad9:23

    xG 0.56–0.19 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw6:04

    xG 0.19–0.04 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Kane – Shaw2:36

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  4. Frolik – Kruger – Bollig4:15

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrookbank – Leddy8:46

    xG 0.33–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook13:25

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson14:03

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Kassian10:53

    xG 0.48–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Raymond – Weise – Schroeder6:42

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Lapierre – Volpatti3:51

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Burrows – Hansen8:51

    xG 0.08–0.60 (12%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Edler14:08

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Garrison12:47

    xG 0.37–0.38 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Ballard – Tanev13:08

    xG 0.13–0.35 (28%)attempts 6–10goals 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.

VAN 1.5 xGCHI 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #331 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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.

VAN winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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