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Fri, Mar 18, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI013212211436
WPG01101007028

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:56CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Michal Rozsival · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:22CHIMarian HossaAssists: Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:06CHIAndrew LaddAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.27 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:51CHITomas FleischmannAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:58CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:05WPGTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:58WPGBen Chiarot: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:58CHIAndrew Shaw: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:11CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:01CHIMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:37CHIAndrew Desjardins: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 10:37WPGChris Thorburn: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 14:52CHIDuncan Keith: 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 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Burmistrov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
36Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won25
1Power plays4
15Penalty minutes9
15Hits21
12Blocked shots13
13Giveaways12
2Takeaways6

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. bestFleischmann – Weise – Teravainen8:07

    xG 1.29–0.03 (98%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Toews – Kane4:47

    xG 0.80–0.18 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  3. Desjardins – Panik – Shaw10:25

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Anisimov – Panarin4:20

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson16:50

    xG 1.22–0.46 (73%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  2. Rozsival – van Riemsdyk11:27

    xG 0.86–0.33 (72%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson11:59

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Wheeler – Scheifele – Petan2:41

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele9:35

    xG 0.32–0.40 (44%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

  3. Thorburn – Halischuk – Lowry2:12

    xG 0.01–0.10 (8%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Perreault – Burmistrov – Dano10:17

    xG 0.18–0.29 (38%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Trouba16:37

    xG 0.34–0.65 (34%)attempts 14–18goals 0–2

  2. Postma – Chiarot10:06

    xG 0.16–0.47 (25%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien17:11

    xG 0.43–0.97 (31%)attempts 12–21goals 0–2

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.

WPG 2.3 xGCHI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1111 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 59% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

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

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