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Fri, Feb 6, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 50% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI08160612222
WPG19030801121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:17WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Mathieu Perreault · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:50CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brad Richards, Patrick Sharp · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:01CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Michal Rozsival · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:07CHIDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:07WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:24WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:37CHIMarian Hossa: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:19CHIBryan Bickell: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 12:19CHIAndrew Shaw: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:19WPGAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:19WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
22Shots on goal21
2.0Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won30
1Power plays1
11Penalty minutes11
16Hits41
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
1Takeaways4

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 – Sharp – Kane11:51

    xG 0.85–0.45 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Hossa – Toews – Saad13:38

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Carcillo – Smith – Kruger7:22

    xG 0.10–0.06 (60%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Shaw – Teravainen8:17

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson4:48

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Oduya10:17

    xG 0.49–0.31 (62%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson8:07

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Frolik – Lowry8:52

    xG 0.38–0.07 (84%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little15:14

    xG 0.55–0.26 (67%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Galiardi – Lowry2:31

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Slater – Galiardi – Peluso4:59

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba9:35

    xG 0.53–0.22 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Pardy – Chiarot10:07

    xG 0.06–0.16 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Bogosian16:37

    xG 0.05–0.22 (19%)attempts 5–8goals 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.

WPG 2.0 xGCHI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #948 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 50% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).