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Wed, Nov 9, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Chicago Blackhawks 2, St. Louis Blues 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI061901411230
STL080811200128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:22CHIMarian HossaAssists: Gustav Forsling, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:49STLAlex PietrangeloAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:25CHIArtemi PanarinGWGAssists: Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:10STLKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 4:34STLAlex Pietrangelo: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 8:10CHIAndrew Desjardins: Kneeing2 min
  4. P2 11:30CHIMarian Hossa: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:57STLDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:57CHIMichal Kempny: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:19CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:58STLPatrik Berglund: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 14:07STLScottie Upshall: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 14:07CHIArtemi Panarin: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 14:44STLRobby Fabbri: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 18:24STLAlex Pietrangelo: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0STL
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISTL
30Shots on goal28
3.4Expected goals2.6
47Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
8Hits22
13Blocked shots9
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways9

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 – Anisimov – Panarin4:56

    xG 0.42–0.06 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Tootoo – Desjardins – Rasmussen5:58

    xG 0.26–0.16 (61%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Panik – Kruger – Hartman4:15

    xG 0.11–0.05 (70%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – Schmaltz5:20

    xG 0.13–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Kempny10:10

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Forsling13:17

    xG 0.59–0.61 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson2:28

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Berglund – Perron10:32

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Tarasenko – Schwartz4:47

    xG 0.29–0.03 (91%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Jaskin – Fabbri2:31

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves5:37

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:47

    xG 0.89–0.48 (65%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Lindbohm9:30

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson11:30

    xG 0.08–0.59 (11%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

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.

STL 2.6 xGCHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #227 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 62% of the time.

STL winsCHI wins

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

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