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Fri, Jan 9, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI161906221
EDM271827522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:34CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa · Snap, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:52EDMBenoit PouliotAssists: Derek Roy · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:35EDMDerek RoyPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Anton Lander · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:47CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:33EDMJeff PetryGWGAssists: Nail Yakupov, Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:51EDMNail YakupovAssists: Taylor Hall, Andrew Ference · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:34EDMTaylor HallENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.65 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:12CHIDavid Rundblad: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:24EDMMatt Hendricks: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P2 8:31EDMRob Klinkhammer: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 1:15CHIBryan Bickell: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% 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
21Shots on goal22
2.5Expected goals2.7
49Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits29
19Blocked shots21
17Giveaways12
4Takeaways12

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. bestHossa – Toews – Saad10:23

    xG 1.37–0.26 (84%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Sharp – Shaw – Teravainen10:32

    xG 0.58–0.23 (72%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Richards – Kane – Smith3:32

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Smith – Shaw2:18

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson4:28

    xG 0.58–0.03 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Rundblad12:08

    xG 0.39–0.17 (69%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson13:46

    xG 0.56–0.46 (55%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Pouliot – Yakupov10:08

    xG 0.51–0.26 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Purcell – Lander – Fraser9:24

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer10:38

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:55

    xG 0.19–1.62 (11%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Petry17:09

    xG 1.10–0.32 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Petry – Klefbom2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Klefbom14:49

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

EDM 2.7 xGCHI 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #505 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% 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).