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Sun, Jan 3, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Ottawa Senators 0, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0609011026
CHI07111212330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:13CHIDuncan KeithGWGAssists: Jonathan Toews, Andrew Desjardins · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:01CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Michal Rozsival, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:12CHIAndrew DesjardinsENAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.69 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:05OTTMark Borowiecki: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:24CHIMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:10CHIMarian Hossa: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCHI
26Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals2.9
65Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
60Hits29
16Blocked shots24
4Giveaways5
1Takeaways3

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCormick – Pageau – Lazar3:44

    xG 0.35–0.02 (95%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Turris – Smith – Stone10:39

    xG 0.18–0.07 (73%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Prince – Lazar3:06

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Hoffman – Stone5:05

    xG 0.17–0.31 (36%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Wideman3:36

    xG 0.32–0.02 (94%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Wiercioch5:33

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson3:49

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin12:27

    xG 0.83–0.13 (87%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Shaw14:33

    xG 0.58–0.27 (68%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Danault – Teravainen10:49

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Garbutt – Rasmussen7:24

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – van Riemsdyk14:48

    xG 1.05–0.53 (66%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson17:34

    xG 0.67–0.34 (66%)attempts 20–17goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson13:46

    xG 0.13–0.22 (37%)attempts 9–12goals 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 2.9 xGOTT 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1179 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CHI 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

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

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