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Fri, Oct 9, 2015·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Chicago Blackhawks 3, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 62% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI11211001013335
NYI01211111201236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:28CHIArtem AnisimovSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:22NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:11CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:18NYIMarek ZidlickyAssists: Brock Nelson, Nikolay Kulemin · Slap, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:49CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith · Tip-in, 0.28 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:33NYICalvin de Haan: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:59CHIArtemi Panarin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 3:03NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 10:41CHIJonathan Toews: Interference2 min
  5. OT 1:25NYINick Leddy: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYI
35Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits42
20Blocked shots14
16Giveaways10
14Takeaways19

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. bestBickell – Tikhonov – Teravainen6:10

    xG 0.54–0.03 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Desjardins – Kruger – Garbutt8:59

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Bickell – Tikhonov – Shaw3:07

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin11:41

    xG 0.52–0.65 (45%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – van Riemsdyk15:14

    xG 0.91–0.40 (70%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Svedberg12:47

    xG 0.67–0.73 (48%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson17:55

    xG 0.42–1.29 (25%)attempts 10–27goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Grabovski – Kulemin – Nelson10:37

    xG 0.39–0.41 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey13:11

    xG 1.02–1.08 (48%)attempts 24–16goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Lee – Strome12:56

    xG 0.52–0.58 (47%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:11

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan20:48

    xG 1.19–0.47 (72%)attempts 30–14goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy13:39

    xG 0.99–0.66 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  3. Zidlicky – Strait12:23

    xG 0.36–0.65 (35%)attempts 15–11goals 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.

NYI 2.7 xGCHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #434 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 62% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

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

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