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Sat, Nov 1, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI110111026247
TOR11011017327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:10TORNazem KadriAssists: Daniel Winnik, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:28CHIBrad RichardsPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Brandon Saad · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:18CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:22TORJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:21TORPeter HollandGWGAssists: Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:24CHIBryan Bickell: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:02TORSam Carrick: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:41TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:53TORStephane Robidas: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 8:58CHIJohnny Oduya: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:41TORDavid Clarkson: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:40CHIBrent Seabrook: Boarding2 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 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
47Shots on goal27
5.0Expected goals3.0
87Shot attempts44
31Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits28
10Blocked shots19
12Giveaways12
16Takeaways14

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. bestRichards – Bickell – Morin3:07

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Kane – Shaw2:11

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Sharp – Kane7:31

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Kruger – Saad10:27

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Keith8:38

    xG 0.60–0.19 (76%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – van Riemsdyk10:27

    xG 0.59–0.20 (75%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – van Riemsdyk6:40

    xG 0.25–0.09 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestAshton – Panik – Carrick3:45

    xG 0.47–0.04 (92%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Santorelli – Komarov – Holland9:57

    xG 0.60–0.40 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Clarkson – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:28

    xG 0.71–0.72 (50%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – Kessel – Kadri12:37

    xG 0.61–1.00 (38%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly12:25

    xG 1.71–1.13 (60%)attempts 13–21goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Franson13:14

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Phaneuf – Polak2:26

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

TOR 3.0 xGCHI 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #616 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 77% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

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