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Fri, Nov 29, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Dallas Stars 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI0906110012226
DAL11105012011129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:40DALRich PeverleyAssists: Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:21CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Duncan Keith · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Sharp scored
  5. 5. DAL Rich Peverley scored
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  7. 7. DAL Alex Chiasson stopped
  8. 8. CHI Brandon Pirri stopped
  9. 9. DAL Shawn Horcoff stopped
  10. 10. CHI Marian Hossa stopped
  11. 11. DAL Ray Whitney stopped
  12. 12. CHI Brandon Saad stopped
  13. 13. DAL Cody Eakin stopped
  14. 14. CHI Kris Versteeg stopped
  15. 15. DAL Ryan Garbutt stopped
  16. 16. CHI Michal Handzus stopped
  17. 17. DAL Vernon Fiddler stopped
  18. 18. CHI Andrew Shaw stopped
  19. 19. DAL Jordie Benn stopped
  20. 20. CHI Marcus Kruger stopped
  21. 21. DAL Valeri Nichushkin stopped
  22. 22. CHI Ben Smith scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:39CHIBrent Seabrook: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P2 11:31DALRich Peverley: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:57CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:55CHIPatrick Sharp: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:55DALTrevor Daley: Cross checking2 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

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
26Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals2.9
60Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits27
13Blocked shots25
13Giveaways17
12Takeaways16

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. bestSmith – Kruger – Bollig9:28

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Sharp – Toews12:29

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Versteeg – Pirri – Shaw8:07

    xG 0.02–0.14 (13%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Kane – Saad10:04

    xG 0.17–0.35 (32%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brookbank – Leddy12:35

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 18–6goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Seabrook17:51

    xG 0.78–0.85 (48%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson19:38

    xG 0.35–0.71 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Nichushkin13:38

    xG 0.96–0.30 (76%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt10:42

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin10:57

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Horcoff – Peverley10:32

    xG 0.14–0.21 (41%)attempts 3–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Dillon5:35

    xG 0.51–0.28 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dillon3:49

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Dillon11:12

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 7–10goals 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 2.9 xGCHI 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 31/100 · #771 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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