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Sat, Nov 9, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 59% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI110211210531
DAL11111309233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:10DALCody EakinAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Trevor Daley · Backhand, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:51CHIMarian HossaAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:54DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:19CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:15CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Andrew Shaw, Patrick Sharp · Slap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:19CHIMarian HossaAssists: Patrick Sharp, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:53CHINiklas HjalmarssonENAssists: Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.41 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:07CHIBrandon Saad: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 4:08CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:15CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:39CHIPatrick Kane: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 13:02CHIBrandon Pirri: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:52DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 18:42CHIMarcus Kruger: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 19:12DALShawn Horcoff: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
31Shots on goal33
3.6Expected goals3.1
47Shot attempts68
26Faceoffs won26
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
15Hits22
21Blocked shots12
4Giveaways17
6Takeaways7

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 – Sharp – Toews12:43

    xG 1.18–0.27 (82%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

  2. Kane – Pirri – Saad8:36

    xG 0.78–0.31 (71%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig10:04

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Kane – Shaw3:56

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook11:21

    xG 1.48–0.36 (80%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Rozsival – Leddy11:18

    xG 0.45–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson13:54

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Peverley – Benn – Seguin11:58

    xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Fiddler – Roussel3:03

    xG 0.01–0.11 (7%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Horcoff – Garbutt – Nichushkin6:56

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Fiddler – Nichushkin2:17

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Benn10:57

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Dillon16:46

    xG 0.44–1.34 (25%)attempts 18–18goals 1–3

  3. Daley – Goligoski15:00

    xG 0.16–1.26 (11%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

DAL 3.1 xGCHI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #487 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 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 59% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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