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Sat, Apr 6, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11001307130
NSH050807020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31CHIBryan BickellGWGAssists: Michal Handzus, Marcus Kruger · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 10:26CHIBrent Seabrook: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:28NSHDavid Legwand: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 7:58CHIDaniel Carcillo: High sticking double minor4 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 20:00Spaling won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINSH
30Shots on goal20
2.0Expected goals1.8
58Shot attempts44
29Faceoffs won20
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
8Hits28
13Blocked shots17
11Giveaways16
10Takeaways7

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 – Saad12:45

    xG 0.70–0.15 (82%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Bickell – Stalberg8:28

    xG 0.23–0.06 (78%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Carcillo – Kane – Kruger10:53

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Bollig – Shaw7:57

    xG 0.06–0.47 (11%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Leddy13:57

    xG 0.84–0.34 (71%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson19:39

    xG 0.62–0.39 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Brookbank11:58

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Hornqvist – Beck14:23

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Clune – Smith – Butler6:38

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Fisher – Kostitsyn – Spaling10:18

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Yip – Halischuk – Mueller7:36

    xG 0.13–0.39 (25%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gill – Blum9:45

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  2. Bartley – Blum2:06

    xG 0.04–0.09 (30%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Josi21:52

    xG 0.75–0.82 (48%)attempts 16–22goals 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 1.8 xGCHI 2.0 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 11/100 · #658 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 54% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).