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Fri, Mar 6, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM118011013050147
CHI012012113021239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:15EDMDerek RoyAssists: Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:58CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Derek Roy stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
  5. 5. EDM Teddy Purcell stopped
  6. 6. CHI Antoine Vermette scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:36EDMJustin Schultz: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:38EDMMartin Marincin: Holding2 min
  3. OT 4:55EDMDerek Roy: Embellishment2 min
  4. OT 4:55CHIBrent Seabrook: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
47Shots on goal39
2.7Expected goals3.3
76Shot attempts78
24Faceoffs won38
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits32
22Blocked shots20
2Giveaways8
12Takeaways13

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins15:36

    xG 0.94–0.86 (52%)attempts 23–18goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer3:29

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  3. Gordon – Klinkhammer – Gazdic4:32

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov15:05

    xG 0.63–0.78 (45%)attempts 15–22goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom20:18

    xG 1.32–0.91 (59%)attempts 30–20goals 1–0

  2. Fayne – Marincin16:34

    xG 0.63–0.65 (49%)attempts 17–20goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Oesterle11:08

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Versteeg – Toews11:26

    xG 1.14–0.93 (55%)attempts 20–23goals 1–1

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Shaw10:23

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Bickell – Desjardins8:50

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Sharp – Saad13:55

    xG 0.51–0.57 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson13:10

    xG 1.28–0.43 (75%)attempts 24–13goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Rundblad5:27

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Hjalmarsson6:43

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 11–7goals 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 3.3 xGEDM 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #712 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 60% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

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