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Tue, Jan 26, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 85% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0609011026
CAR31629015540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:12CARJeff SkinnerGWGAssists: Jay McClement, Elias Lindholm · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:05CARRiley NashAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:23CARJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Kris Versteeg, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:51CARJoakim NordstromAssists: Jordan Staal, Andrej Nestrasil · Snap, 0.27 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:24CARRiley NashAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:11CHIAndrew Shaw: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:26CARJay McClement: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:30CHIAndrew Shaw: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 7:26CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 10:17CARNoah Hanifin: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 15:27CARNoah Hanifin: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICAR
26Shots on goal40
2.0Expected goals4.4
48Shot attempts65
20Faceoffs won42
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits9
8Blocked shots12
7Giveaways10
17Takeaways23

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. Desjardins – Danault – Teravainen8:22

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin10:48

    xG 0.39–0.73 (35%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

  3. Panik – McNeill – Rasmussen11:18

    xG 0.19–0.88 (18%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Toews – Shaw5:59

    xG 0.13–1.10 (10%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Scuderi – van Riemsdyk12:56

    xG 0.47–0.47 (49%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson14:48

    xG 0.43–1.24 (26%)attempts 10–18goals 0–2

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson15:10

    xG 0.40–1.47 (21%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom9:12

    xG 1.29–0.19 (87%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. McClement – Terry – Nash9:18

    xG 1.18–0.11 (91%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Versteeg – Di Giuseppe13:05

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm9:16

    xG 0.46–0.55 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk15:18

    xG 1.94–0.41 (82%)attempts 25–10goals 2–0

  2. Pesce – Hanifin14:38

    xG 1.05–0.33 (76%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Slavin15:40

    xG 1.02–0.64 (61%)attempts 18–13goals 2–0

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.

CAR 4.4 xGCHI 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 4/100 · #1204 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 85% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

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

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