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Fri, Jan 15, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI07211211429
TOR01008111129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:07CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Duncan Keith, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:13CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:21CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.23 xG3–0
  4. P3 3:47TORMorgan RiellyAssists: PA Parenteau, Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:48CHIPatrick KaneENAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.73 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:37CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:51TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:13TORMartin Marincin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:04TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:04TORMatt Hunwick: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:59TORNazem Kadri: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:12TORRoman Polak: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:40CHIArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:32CHIBrent Seabrook: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
29Shots on goal29
3.0Expected goals2.4
50Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won28
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
8Hits26
12Blocked shots8
9Giveaways5
14Takeaways5

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. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin7:53

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Panik – Garbutt – Rasmussen7:00

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  3. Desjardins – Danault – Teravainen8:35

    xG 0.06–0.11 (37%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Toews – Shaw10:50

    xG 0.47–0.66 (41%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Scuderi10:06

    xG 0.38–0.09 (82%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson14:49

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Hjalmarsson2:21

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Matthias – Bozak12:34

    xG 0.59–0.17 (78%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Boyes – Froese – Leivo2:52

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri9:39

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Winnik – Holland6:26

    xG 0.06–0.27 (18%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner12:15

    xG 0.52–0.37 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Rielly2:01

    xG 0.05–0.02 (75%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Rielly11:08

    xG 0.22–0.38 (37%)attempts 14–9goals 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.

TOR 2.4 xGCHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #921 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 61% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

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