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Sat, Oct 10, 2015·United Center, Chicago

New York Islanders 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01201314129
CHI111211112434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07CHITrevor van RiemsdykAssists: Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:53CHIArtemi PanarinGWGAssists: Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:25CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:27CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Andrew Shaw · Slap, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P3 18:55NYICal ClutterbuckSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 18:27CHITrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:18NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:05NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:29CHIArtem Anisimov: Holding2 min
  5. P3 6:04NYICalvin de Haan: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 6:04NYICalvin de Haan: Closing hand on puck2 min
  7. P3 13:55NYIMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:55NYIJohn Tavares: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 13:55NYIJohn Tavares: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 17:38NYIMarek Zidlicky: High sticking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shaw won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICHI
29Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals3.2
56Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays7
24Penalty minutes4
55Hits32
10Blocked shots14
15Giveaways13
9Takeaways6

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabovski – Kulemin – Nelson3:56

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:09

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Tavares – Nelson2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Lee – Strome2:18

    xG 0.01–0.03 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy11:19

    xG 0.35–0.26 (57%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Strait9:38

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – de Haan14:07

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 18–11goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin9:19

    xG 0.69–0.24 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 3–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Garbutt10:29

    xG 0.35–0.21 (63%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Tikhonov – Teravainen8:08

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw8:23

    xG 0.10–0.38 (20%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – van Riemsdyk15:44

    xG 0.92–0.38 (71%)attempts 13–14goals 3–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson11:43

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Svedberg12:34

    xG 0.26–0.76 (26%)attempts 9–17goals 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 3.2 xGNYI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1065 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 63% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

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

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