Sun, Mar 27, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Vancouver Canucks 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 69% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 113 | 09 | 210 | 332 |
| VAN | 07 | 16 | 115 | 228 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 17:42CHITomas FleischmannAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Christian Ehrhoff · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
- P2 11:29VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Linden Vey, Emerson Etem · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
- P3 5:37CHITeuvo TeravainenAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
- P3 14:18VANSven BaertschiAssists: Bo Horvat, Emerson Etem · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
- P3 17:33CHIAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Jonathan Toews, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Slap, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
- P2 0:21VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
- P3 7:05CHIJonathan Toews: High sticking double minor4 min
- P3 7:05CHIAndrew Ladd: Roughing2 min
- P3 7:05VANMatt Bartkowski: Roughing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Toews
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestDesjardins – Kruger – Shaw9:42
xG 0.60–0.13 (82%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- Hossa – Ladd – Toews11:53
xG 0.79–0.38 (68%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1
- Fleischmann – Weise – Rasmussen8:22
xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0
- Kane – Teravainen – Panarin12:11
xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestKeith – Hjalmarsson18:03
xG 0.86–0.39 (69%)attempts 20–16goals 1–0
- Seabrook – van Riemsdyk3:07
xG 0.40–0.10 (79%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
- Ehrhoff – van Riemsdyk12:49
xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- Higgins – Burrows – Gaunce4:30
xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Etem – Baertschi – Horvat10:50
xG 0.53–0.53 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1
- Burrows – Gaunce – McCann4:14
xG 0.05–0.17 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0
- Higgins – Vey – Virtanen4:48
xG 0.04–0.16 (18%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Biega – Bartkowski15:09
xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0
- Hamhuis – Weber15:43
xG 0.80–0.96 (45%)attempts 18–15goals 1–3
- Hutton – Tryamkin17:58
xG 0.12–0.95 (11%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.
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 69% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VAN − CHI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).