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Sun, Feb 10, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 56% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01021017327
NSH0304010017

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:14CHIMarcus KrugerGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:20CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Duncan Keith, Marian Hossa · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:27CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Dave Bolland, Michal Rozsival · Snap, 0.04 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:41NSHRich Clune: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 2:41CHIAndrew Shaw: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:27NSHSergei Kostitsyn: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:31CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:24NSHMartin Erat: 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINSH
27Shots on goal17
1.9Expected goals1.5
50Shot attempts41
20Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
8Hits15
14Blocked shots14
11Giveaways9
12Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Bolland – Kane11:00

    xG 0.56–0.21 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Saad9:05

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Frolik – Kruger6:36

    xG 0.03–0.15 (17%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw6:06

    xG 0.06–0.30 (18%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook12:26

    xG 0.65–0.36 (65%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson2:06

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Leddy10:48

    xG 0.12–0.28 (29%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaustad – Clune – Smith2:13

    xG 0.20–0.00 (99%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Wilson – Bourque7:29

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Yip – Spaling – Smith4:11

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Clune – Spaling – Smith2:36

    xG 0.02–0.06 (25%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBlum – Ellis7:11

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Weber10:23

    xG 0.42–0.23 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Gill – Ellis3:12

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

NSH 1.5 xGCHI 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #683 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 56% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

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

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