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Sun, Nov 16, 2014·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 2, Chicago Blackhawks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2100905224
CHI21608423647

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:18CHIDuncan KeithAssists: Patrick Kane, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:49DALCurtis McKenzieAssists: Erik Cole, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:28DALShawn HorcoffAssists: Vernon Fiddler, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:58CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:49CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:34CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Marian Hossa · Wrap-around, 0.23 xG2–4
  7. P3 14:19CHIKris VersteegAssists: Brad Richards, Michal Rozsival · Slap, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:29CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:57CHIAndrew Shaw: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:57DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:59DALTrevor Daley: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:50DALRyan Garbutt: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:49DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:50DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 18:29CHIDaniel Carcillo: High sticking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
24Shots on goal47
2.9Expected goals3.4
46Shot attempts77
36Faceoffs won37
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
27Hits14
18Blocked shots14
3Giveaways8
7Takeaways14

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Moen – Fiddler8:02

    xG 0.66–0.04 (94%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Spezza – McKenzie10:52

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt9:37

    xG 0.47–0.58 (44%)attempts 7–11goals 0–3

  4. Hemsky – Benn – Seguin13:31

    xG 0.39–1.00 (28%)attempts 9–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg20:49

    xG 1.16–0.58 (67%)attempts 19–19goals 1–1

  2. Dillon – Oleksiak7:42

    xG 0.53–0.12 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Dillon – Klingberg2:24

    xG 0.26–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Saad12:34

    xG 0.98–0.20 (83%)attempts 20–9goals 2–0

  2. Smith – Kruger – Nordstrom10:22

    xG 0.43–0.28 (60%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Richards – Versteeg – Kane14:39

    xG 0.82–0.70 (54%)attempts 16–10goals 3–0

  4. Carcillo – Bickell – Shaw7:14

    xG 0.17–0.84 (17%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Keith8:39

    xG 0.55–0.06 (91%)attempts 14–2goals 2–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson16:04

    xG 0.96–0.59 (62%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  3. Rozsival – Hjalmarsson2:05

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

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.

CHI 3.4 xGDAL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #512 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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