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Sun, Jan 12, 2014·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 3, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 83% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM171618321
CHI111319111541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:08EDMAles HemskyAssists: Jeff Petry · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:26CHIBen SmithAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson, Marcus Kruger · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:36CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Brandon Saad, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:29EDMBoyd GordonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:58CHIMarian HossaPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:32CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Patrick Sharp, Marian Hossa · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:17EDMTaylor HallAssists: Justin Schultz, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:19CHIBrent SeabrookUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:57EDMRyan Smyth: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 10:23EDMTaylor Hall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:29EDMDevan Dubnyk: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:04CHIMarcus Kruger: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 6:10EDMMark Arcobello: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:48EDMDevan Dubnyk: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
21Shots on goal41
2.1Expected goals4.4
40Shot attempts74
22Faceoffs won34
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
28Hits15
18Blocked shots12
10Giveaways13
9Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins2:53

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  2. Hemsky – Gordon – Perron5:37

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  3. Smyth – Perron – Arcobello4:01

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Eberle – Yakupov2:13

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Marincin15:43

    xG 0.69–0.50 (58%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Belov10:01

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 4–10goals 0–2

  3. Ference – Schultz16:03

    xG 0.37–1.05 (26%)attempts 8–22goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Shaw – Saad10:41

    xG 1.16–0.21 (85%)attempts 18–7goals 2–0

  2. Hossa – Sharp – Toews12:12

    xG 0.69–0.39 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig9:28

    xG 0.28–0.17 (63%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  4. Handzus – Bickell – Versteeg7:50

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrookbank – Leddy10:48

    xG 1.00–0.32 (76%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook15:46

    xG 0.93–0.37 (72%)attempts 22–9goals 3–1

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson15:15

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 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 4.4 xGEDM 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #271 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 83% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

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