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Sun, Oct 30, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 0, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 79% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08011013032
CHI11111018329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:54CHIJonathan ToewsPPGWGAssists: Brian Campbell, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:30CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Marian Hossa, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:50CHIMarian HossaENAssists: Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.71 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:27LAKDustin Brown: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:30LAKDerek Forbort: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 16:20LAKDwight King: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:17CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 0:45LAKDevin Setoguchi: Holding2 min
  6. P3 7:17CHIArtemi Panarin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 8:40LAKNic Dowd: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 17:46LAKKyle Clifford: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
32Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals3.6
53Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won29
2Power plays7
14Penalty minutes4
37Hits13
16Blocked shots10
4Giveaways8
4Takeaways6

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Pearson4:00

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Nolan2:50

    xG 0.02–0.03 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Setoguchi – Clifford – Dowd2:01

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – King – Toffoli5:15

    xG 0.15–0.27 (35%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Doughty17:24

    xG 1.07–0.65 (62%)attempts 26–17goals 0–1

  2. Gilbert – Muzzin14:36

    xG 0.46–0.47 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Forbort9:22

    xG 0.00–0.26 (1%)attempts 1–12goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Anisimov – Panarin8:27

    xG 0.55–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Tootoo – Hinostroza – Rasmussen6:23

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Panik11:43

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Motte – Schmaltz9:22

    xG 0.37–0.81 (32%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Keith12:33

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson13:13

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Kempny14:05

    xG 0.49–0.41 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 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 3.6 xGLAK 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1174 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 79% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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