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Mon, Oct 28, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 62% of the time.

MIN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI17211210528
MIN01011307130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:33CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Marian Hossa, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:27MINJason PominvilleAssists: Mikael Granlund, Clayton Stoner · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:21CHISheldon BrookbankGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Brandon Pirri · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:43CHINick LeddyPPAssists: Brent Seabrook · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:47CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brandon Saad, Brandon Pirri · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:43CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 12:01MINZach Parise: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:09CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:33MINZenon Konopka: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:00MINMarco Scandella: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:39CHIBryan Bickell: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:53CHIBrandon Bollig: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 7:21MINClayton Stoner: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 7:21CHIBrandon Bollig: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 9:59CHIBrandon Saad: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 9:59MINNate Prosser: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 9:59CHISheldon Brookbank: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 9:59MINNate Prosser: Misconduct10 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIMIN
28Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
20Penalty minutes20
18Hits14
17Blocked shots13
9Giveaways6
2Takeaways6

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. bestBickell – Morin – Shaw8:01

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Mills – Kruger – Bollig7:48

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Toews10:54

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Pirri – Saad10:28

    xG 0.43–0.64 (40%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Brookbank – Leddy8:18

    xG 0.25–0.31 (45%)attempts 7–11goals 2–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook14:37

    xG 0.53–0.74 (42%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson13:09

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Granlund – Niederreiter8:28

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Mitchell2:06

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Veilleux – Konopka – Mitchell5:02

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Heatley – Brodziak8:51

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Dumba7:47

    xG 0.44–0.18 (70%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Suter – Spurgeon13:29

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Stoner – Scandella3:05

    xG 0.12–0.04 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

MIN 2.7 xGCHI 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #800 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 62% of the time.

MIN winsCHI wins

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

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