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Thu, Dec 15, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Chicago Blackhawks 5, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI31317112532
NYI31111407432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:14NYIAndrew LaddAssists: Alan Quine, Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:48NYICasey CizikasAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:47CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:03CHIArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P1 14:08CHIMarian HossaAssists: Ryan Hartman, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P1 15:20NYIRyan StromeAssists: Brock Nelson, Johnny Boychuk · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P2 0:22NYIAnders LeeAssists: Travis Hamonic, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:41CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. P3 13:47CHIRichard PanikGWGAssists: Dennis Rasmussen, Marcus Kruger · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:14NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:46NYIDennis Seidenberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:08CHIPatrick Kane: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 18:28NYIJosh Bailey: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:43CHIDennis Rasmussen: 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 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYI
32Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals3.9
65Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
10Hits26
10Blocked shots21
13Giveaways15
5Takeaways3

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. bestTootoo – Desjardins – Hinostroza7:48

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin11:11

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Hossa – Toews – Hartman12:45

    xG 0.76–0.77 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Panik – Kruger – Rasmussen10:48

    xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 14–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Seabrook4:51

    xG 0.41–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk14:11

    xG 0.90–0.69 (57%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson15:31

    xG 0.89–0.84 (52%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:20

    xG 1.46–1.01 (59%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

  2. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas6:17

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Nelson – Prince – Strome9:21

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  4. Chimera – Ladd – Quine10:53

    xG 0.41–0.16 (72%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Leddy17:41

    xG 2.01–0.44 (82%)attempts 22–12goals 2–0

  2. Boychuk – Hickey12:10

    xG 0.67–1.05 (39%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan14:13

    xG 0.41–0.86 (32%)attempts 8–18goals 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.

NYI 3.9 xGCHI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #70 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

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

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