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Fri, Mar 11, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 71% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0611116223
DAL18312111531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:08DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:09DALAntoine RousselAssists: Alex Goligoski, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:06DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.40 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:42DALJamie BennPPAssists: Patrick Eaves, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P2 13:01CHITeuvo TeravainenAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:29DALAles HemskyAssists: Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–5
  7. P3 19:01CHITomas FleischmannAssists: Dale Weise, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:57DALPatrik Nemeth: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:50DALJohnny Oduya: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 10:28CHIAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:53CHITomas Fleischmann: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 18:24CHIDale Weise: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 2:34DALVernon Fiddler: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 6:38CHIAndrew Ladd: Interference2 min
  8. P2 9:46CHIPatrick Kane: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 16:24DALPatrick Eaves: Elbowing2 min
  10. P3 8:20CHIErik Gustafsson: Delaying game2 min
  11. P3 16:28DALCody Eakin: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
23Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals3.5
61Shot attempts52
35Faceoffs won28
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
7Hits20
9Blocked shots26
12Giveaways10
3Takeaways10

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. bestHossa – Ladd – Toews7:19

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Desjardins – Panik – Shaw7:16

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin7:38

    xG 0.19–0.23 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Fleischmann – Weise – Teravainen7:26

    xG 0.42–0.56 (42%)attempts 9–3goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – van Riemsdyk6:27

    xG 0.24–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk5:27

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  3. Ehrhoff – Seabrook3:44

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Roussel – Faksa8:50

    xG 0.60–0.24 (71%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Seguin – Nichushkin8:07

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  3. Eaves – Benn – Eakin9:42

    xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – Ritchie – Janmark6:06

    xG 0.21–0.63 (25%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Russell10:19

    xG 0.78–0.17 (82%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Oleksiak6:04

    xG 0.89–0.43 (68%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  3. Oduya – Nemeth4:07

    xG 0.06–0.22 (20%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

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 3.5 xGCHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #955 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 71% 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).