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Tue, Mar 22, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 6, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 84% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL41511018633
CHI09110113232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:34DALColton SceviourUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:59DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Colton Sceviour, Brett Ritchie · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:01DALPatrick EavesPPGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P1 18:43DALVernon FiddlerSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–0
  5. P2 16:23CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Andrew Desjardins, Marian Hossa · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:58DALRadek FaksaAssists: Ales Hemsky, Stephen Johns · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–1
  7. P3 9:07CHIRichard PanikAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 13:48DALCody EakinENAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.63 xG6–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:03CHIJonathan Toews: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:28DALBrett Ritchie: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:33CHIAndrew Shaw: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 10:19DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:08CHIAndrew Shaw: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:51DALPatrick Eaves: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
33Shots on goal32
4.1Expected goals1.9
46Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits29
26Blocked shots9
8Giveaways10
9Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Roussel – Faksa10:11

    xG 0.53–0.17 (75%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Fiddler – Sceviour – Ritchie8:09

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 8–7goals 2–1

  3. Spezza – Eaves – Nichushkin10:31

    xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Benn – Eakin10:45

    xG 0.13–0.25 (34%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Johns16:49

    xG 1.06–0.32 (77%)attempts 16–11goals 3–1

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg14:16

    xG 0.66–0.44 (60%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Nemeth11:46

    xG 0.15–0.31 (32%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestPanik – Teravainen – Panarin6:06

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Desjardins – Shaw8:46

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  3. Fleischmann – Toews – Kane5:58

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Ladd – Toews4:17

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Gustafsson6:02

    xG 0.38–0.01 (97%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk3:28

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – van Riemsdyk2:04

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 1.9 xGDAL 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #966 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 84% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).