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Thu, Dec 3, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Ottawa Senators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 50% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI01121611100338
OTT280611211427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Kyle Turris, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:42OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:27CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Duncan Keith, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:52CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Patrick Kane, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:54OTTMark StonePPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:34CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:30OTTMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:16CHIMarian Hossa: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:48CHIAndrew Shaw: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:16OTTMarc Methot: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:20OTTJared Cowen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 6:13CHIBrandon Mashinter: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:13OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:34CHITeuvo Teravainen: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:30OTTMike Hoffman: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIOTT
38Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.7
68Shot attempts41
24Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits33
8Blocked shots18
12Giveaways15
7Takeaways10

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. bestHossa – Toews – Teravainen11:50

    xG 0.48–0.05 (90%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin13:51

    xG 0.72–0.60 (55%)attempts 22–7goals 2–1

  3. Mashinter – Dano – Kero4:45

    xG 0.23–0.15 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Garbutt – Shaw4:05

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson18:44

    xG 0.77–0.53 (59%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook2:14

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – van Riemsdyk15:05

    xG 0.43–0.42 (50%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Stone – Pageau – Lazar12:11

    xG 0.41–0.44 (48%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  2. Smith – Chiasson – Prince7:26

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman16:56

    xG 0.65–0.79 (45%)attempts 9–23goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:02

    xG 0.97–0.36 (73%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  2. Cowen – Wideman2:12

    xG 0.02–0.02 (55%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman2:54

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

OTT 2.7 xGCHI 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #138 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 50% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

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

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