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Mon, Mar 2, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 55% of the time.

CHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR04014211229
CHI1731118526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:07CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Michal Rozsival, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:44CHIJonathan ToewsSHAssists: Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:42CHIBrandon SaadGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:42CHIMarcus KrugerAssists: Andrew Shaw · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:29CARJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Andrej Nestrasil, Nathan Gerbe · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:55CHIMarian HossaAssists: Jonathan Toews, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:50CARAlexander SeminAssists: Eric Staal, Jay McClement · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 0:00CHIBrent Seabrook: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:16CHIPatrick Sharp: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 3:02CHIMarian Hossa: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCHI
29Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.1
53Shot attempts53
36Faceoffs won25
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
31Hits20
19Blocked shots15
8Giveaways12
7Takeaways8

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Nestrasil – Rask11:38

    xG 0.60–0.10 (85%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Skinner – Lindholm11:01

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Semin – Staal – Staal15:14

    xG 0.32–0.78 (29%)attempts 13–20goals 0–2

  4. McClement – Terry – Malone10:46

    xG 0.16–0.71 (18%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Bellemore9:40

    xG 0.24–0.05 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Jordan5:26

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 2–1

  3. Hainsey – Faulk12:23

    xG 0.70–0.79 (47%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Bickell – Teravainen11:04

    xG 0.64–0.10 (87%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Versteeg – Toews15:45

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – Shaw10:08

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Vermette – Sharp – Saad10:22

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Rundblad14:32

    xG 0.59–0.22 (73%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Hjalmarsson16:25

    xG 0.58–0.41 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson2:31

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.1 xGCAR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #920 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 55% of the time.

CHI winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).