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Tue, Jan 20, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Arizona Coyotes 1, Chicago Blackhawks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 88% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI09110017136
CHI220317114651

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:53CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:48CHIAndrew ShawGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Bryan Bickell · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:51CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brad Richards, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:42CHITeuvo TeravainenAssists: Bryan Bickell, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:54ARILucas LessioAssists: Sam Gagner, Keith Yandle · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:19CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
  7. P3 14:11CHIDavid RundbladAssists: Patrick Kane, Brad Richards · Slap, 0.02 xG1–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:47ARILucas Lessio: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:17ARIConnor Murphy: Charging2 min
  3. P2 1:09CHIMarcus Kruger: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:20ARIMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:53ARIKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:36ARIKyle Chipchura: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:57CHIBrandon Saad: Holding2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICHI
36Shots on goal51
2.1Expected goals5.0
49Shot attempts82
24Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
24Hits15
20Blocked shots10
1Giveaways5
2Takeaways2

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrombeen – Vitale – Lessio9:12

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Rieder12:03

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Korpikoski – Hanzal – Gagner8:50

    xG 0.07–0.73 (8%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Moss – Chipchura – McMillan7:51

    xG 0.05–1.07 (4%)attempts 2–12goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Stone – Ekman-Larsson12:45

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  2. Samuelsson – Gormley13:30

    xG 0.43–0.90 (32%)attempts 9–21goals 0–2

  3. Yandle – Murphy16:33

    xG 0.67–1.93 (26%)attempts 14–29goals 1–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBickell – Shaw – Teravainen9:28

    xG 0.96–0.20 (83%)attempts 19–4goals 2–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Saad8:30

    xG 0.52–0.05 (92%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Sharp – Kane10:36

    xG 0.61–0.64 (49%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  4. Smith – Kruger – Nordstrom9:36

    xG 0.18–0.25 (41%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Rundblad9:01

    xG 1.10–0.34 (77%)attempts 18–4goals 2–0

  2. Rozsival – Oduya11:01

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson12:29

    xG 0.29–0.32 (47%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

CHI 5.0 xGARI 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1035 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 88% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

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

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