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Mon, Feb 25, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 75% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM18160500219
CHI190911016334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28EDMJeff PetrySHAssists: Lennart Petrell · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:30CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Marcus Kruger, Nick Leddy · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:17EDMNail YakupovPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Justin Schultz · Slap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:24CHIViktor StalbergAssists: Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:44CHIMarian HossaGWGAssists: Patrick Sharp, Michal Rozsival · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:45EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:15EDMMark Fistric: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 14:56CHIBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:39CHIBrandon Saad: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:46CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:40CHIJohnny Oduya: Slashing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
19Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.4
33Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
42Hits29
19Blocked shots9
8Giveaways8
7Takeaways13

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi11:00

    xG 0.40–0.18 (68%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Belanger – Eager – Jones9:09

    xG 0.23–0.35 (39%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins14:46

    xG 0.48–0.70 (41%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  4. Petrell – VandeVelde – Yakupov3:30

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Schultz13:56

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  2. Smid – Petry14:21

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

  3. Potter – Fistric11:56

    xG 0.22–0.50 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Stalberg – Shaw10:14

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Kane – Kruger9:44

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Toews – Saad6:22

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Carcillo – Toews4:21

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Leddy13:14

    xG 0.61–0.21 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson16:55

    xG 0.65–0.50 (57%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook11:54

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 12–6goals 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 3.4 xGEDM 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #210 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 75% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

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