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Sun, Dec 6, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 88% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01111208131
CHI11109212332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:56CHIMarian HossaAssists: Brent Seabrook, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:34WPGChris ThorburnAssists: Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:21CHITeuvo TeravainenGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:14CHIArtemi PanarinENAssists: Patrick Kane, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.67 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:59CHIAndrew Desjardins: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:23WPGMark Scheifele: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:28WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 8:10CHIRyan Garbutt: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 14:10WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCHI attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
31Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals4.3
56Shot attempts54
35Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
46Hits36
11Blocked shots18
10Giveaways15
8Takeaways9

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPeluso – Lowry – Copp5:58

    xG 0.24–0.03 (87%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele14:13

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers9:30

    xG 0.28–0.62 (31%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little12:04

    xG 0.26–1.03 (20%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Trouba4:41

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Myers16:25

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba11:10

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Teravainen10:40

    xG 1.07–0.21 (83%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Desjardins – Kruger – Garbutt9:18

    xG 0.59–0.09 (87%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin13:29

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Shaw – Kero4:00

    xG 0.04–0.39 (10%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson2:03

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – Hjalmarsson2:50

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Keith5:17

    xG 0.34–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 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 4.3 xGWPG 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #862 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 88% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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