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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 65% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL09040800021
CHI0901001112132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:17CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Backhand, 0.31 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:37TBLNikita Nesterov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:55CHIDavid Rundblad: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:31CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:46CHIDavid Rundblad: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:21CHIAndrew Shaw: Interference2 min
  6. P3 3:33TBLValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 12:51TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCHI
21Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.7
51Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits24
22Blocked shots21
4Giveaways3
8Takeaways7

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Namestnikov – Paquette6:40

    xG 0.60–0.03 (95%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Stamkos – Palat2:20

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Killorn – Stamkos5:50

    xG 0.23–0.27 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Callahan – Stamkos – Drouin5:30

    xG 0.08–0.18 (33%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Nesterov3:13

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Garrison6:54

    xG 0.22–0.15 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Sustr2:34

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin10:11

    xG 0.57–0.13 (82%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Garbutt – Teravainen – Hinostroza6:50

    xG 0.28–0.03 (90%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Toews – Tikhonov10:07

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw6:06

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk16:20

    xG 0.65–0.46 (59%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Rundblad10:04

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Svedberg14:19

    xG 0.45–0.67 (40%)attempts 18–15goals 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 2.7 xGTBL 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #833 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 65% of the time.

CHI winsTBL wins

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

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