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Wed, Apr 24, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 82% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI2907214430
EDM1110209122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:58CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Brandon Saad, Marian Hossa · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:50EDMNail YakupovAssists: Mark Fistric, Shawn Horcoff · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:11CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Michal Handzus, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:36CHIJohnny OduyaAssists: Patrick Kane, Michal Handzus · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:18CHIPatrick SharpENAssists: Patrick Kane, Michal Handzus · Wrist, 0.79 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:07CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:06EDMJustin Schultz: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:40EDMMark Fistric: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 10:17CHIViktor Stalberg: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:39CHIMichal Rozsival: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 12:21CHIBrandon Saad: 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 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Gagner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIEDM
30Shots on goal22
4.6Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts47
23Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits22
13Blocked shots12
4Giveaways22
5Takeaways6

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. bestHandzus – Sharp – Kane6:10

    xG 0.54–0.04 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 2–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – LeBlanc6:07

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Kane – LeBlanc3:45

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Toews – Saad9:25

    xG 0.62–0.54 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson14:17

    xG 1.21–0.56 (68%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Leddy11:11

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Oduya13:48

    xG 0.87–0.35 (71%)attempts 12–10goals 2–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Hartikainen – Lander8:20

    xG 0.63–0.43 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Smithson – Brown8:00

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Eberle – Hall13:26

    xG 0.45–0.80 (36%)attempts 10–10goals 0–3

  4. Horcoff – Paajarvi – Yakupov7:48

    xG 0.11–1.05 (10%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Fistric2:05

    xG 0.48–0.10 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Potter – Fistric12:12

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Smid – Petry11:57

    xG 0.55–0.91 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

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.

EDM 2.5 xGCHI 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #442 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 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 82% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

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

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