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Fri, Oct 11, 2013·United Center, Chicago

New York Islanders 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 69% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI270606219
CHI2131807328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:32CHIJoakim NordstromAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:05CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:06NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Michael Grabner · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:55NYIKyle OkposoAssists: John Tavares · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:45CHIMichal HandzusGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Ben Smith · Wrist, 0.47 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 9:25CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 11:01NYIKyle Okposo: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 13:40NYIMatt Donovan: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:02NYITravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:10CHIAndrew Shaw: Interference2 min
  6. P3 12:16CHIMichal Handzus: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:16NYIMatt Moulson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:57NYIPeter Regin: Hooking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICHI
19Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals3.1
40Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
29Hits18
27Blocked shots13
8Giveaways10
6Takeaways14

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Okposo – Tavares13:31

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas8:34

    xG 0.02–0.29 (8%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Grabner – Bailey9:30

    xG 0.30–0.77 (28%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  4. Bouchard – Regin – Clutterbuck8:14

    xG 0.03–0.67 (4%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Visnovsky – Hickey14:58

    xG 0.18–0.67 (22%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  2. Strait – Donovan11:09

    xG 0.17–0.93 (16%)attempts 3–13goals 1–2

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic15:32

    xG 0.11–0.87 (11%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Smith – Bollig3:56

    xG 0.51–0.03 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Saad6:40

    xG 0.29–0.07 (80%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Shaw10:14

    xG 0.31–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – Saad2:24

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook15:51

    xG 1.28–0.27 (83%)attempts 20–9goals 2–1

  2. Rozsival – Leddy12:50

    xG 0.39–0.03 (93%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson16:36

    xG 1.01–0.65 (61%)attempts 23–16goals 1–1

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.

CHI 3.1 xGNYI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #429 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 69% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

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

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