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Mon, Nov 25, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 80% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI21225110527
EDM0618011125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14CHIJonathan ToewsSHAssists: Brandon Saad, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:06CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Andrew Shaw, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:28CHIJohnny OduyaAssists: Marcus Kruger, Brandon Bollig · Deflected, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:49CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Jeremy Morin · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–0
  5. P2 8:08EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 18:02CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Nick Leddy, Brandon Saad · Deflected, 0.28 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:24CHIBen Smith: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:31EDMBoyd Gordon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:04CHINick Leddy: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:36EDMJustin Schultz: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:10EDMAndrew Ference: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:03CHISheldon Brookbank: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:46EDMAles Hemsky: 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
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIEDM
27Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals1.5
52Shot attempts42
31Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits22
11Blocked shots8
8Giveaways13
6Takeaways8

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. bestVersteeg – Morin – Shaw8:00

    xG 0.34–0.05 (88%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Sharp – Toews – Saad11:22

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig9:30

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  4. Handzus – Kane – Pirri9:09

    xG 0.13–0.29 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrookbank – Leddy12:34

    xG 0.97–0.59 (62%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook16:31

    xG 0.49–0.44 (52%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson13:20

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Yakupov10:40

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Gordon – Perron11:35

    xG 0.09–0.19 (33%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Joensuu – Gazdic – Acton5:34

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins11:31

    xG 0.24–0.80 (23%)attempts 7–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Potter7:41

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Ference – Petry13:08

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Belov14:56

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

EDM 1.5 xGCHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1003 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 80% 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).