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Sat, Oct 17, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 66% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0903111123
CHI0621529430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:35CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:40CHITeuvo TeravainenPPGWGAssists: Trevor Daley, Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:48CHIMarian HossaPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:21CBJJack JohnsonAssists: David Savard · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:33CHIPatrick KaneENAssists: Artemi Panarin, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.75 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:34CHIBrent Seabrook: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:15CHIJonathan Toews: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 19:31CBJDavid Savard: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:46CBJBrandon Saad: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:10CBJGregory Campbell: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:10CHIAndrew Shaw: Embellishment2 min
  7. P2 16:17CBJCody Goloubef: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:59CBJDalton Prout: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:59CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 19:10CBJKerby Rychel: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 19:10CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 19:10CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:10CBJDalton Prout: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCHI
23Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts60
21Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
19Penalty minutes13
45Hits25
20Blocked shots10
8Giveaways8
6Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Campbell – Clarkson – Rychel8:40

    xG 0.01–0.17 (7%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson7:44

    xG 0.06–0.23 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Jenner – Karlsson8:53

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Johansen – Saad11:20

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goloubef – Murray14:35

    xG 0.16–0.23 (42%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout13:57

    xG 0.19–0.31 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Savard15:56

    xG 0.43–0.68 (39%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin9:53

    xG 0.46–0.02 (95%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Garbutt – Teravainen – Hinostroza8:01

    xG 0.08–0.05 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Bickell – Toews11:51

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  4. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw7:54

    xG 0.13–0.16 (44%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – van Riemsdyk13:30

    xG 0.47–0.14 (78%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Svedberg14:40

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson16:23

    xG 0.30–0.29 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

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 2.6 xGCBJ 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #942 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 66% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

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

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