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Tue, Dec 22, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0301403020
DAL0718317432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:12DALJason SpezzaPPGWGAssists: Patrick Sharp, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:11DALPatrick SharpAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:57DALColton SceviourAssists: Jordie Benn, Antoine Roussel · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:36DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Jason Demers, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:39DALVernon Fiddler: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 13:13DALJason Demers: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 7:27CHIArtemi Panarin: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:54CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:36DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:36CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:28CHIMichal Rozsival: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:13CHIDuncan Keith: Slashing2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
20Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals2.7
49Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
9Hits20
22Blocked shots18
16Giveaways16
4Takeaways14

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. bestBickell – Mashinter – Rasmussen5:13

    xG 0.35–0.04 (89%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Shaw – Teravainen6:33

    xG 0.35–0.10 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin8:20

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Desjardins – Garbutt – Danault11:22

    xG 0.38–0.61 (38%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson15:35

    xG 0.48–0.12 (79%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Scuderi9:21

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Keith – van Riemsdyk11:02

    xG 0.56–0.76 (43%)attempts 17–14goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Benn – Seguin12:18

    xG 0.48–0.09 (85%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Sceviour – Roussel – Eakin10:41

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Fiddler – Eaves – Janmark6:26

    xG 0.25–0.42 (38%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Hemsky – Nichushkin9:18

    xG 0.37–0.57 (39%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers13:39

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg12:52

    xG 0.51–0.52 (50%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Jokipakka11:02

    xG 0.61–0.80 (43%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

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.

DAL 2.7 xGCHI 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1131 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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