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Thu, Feb 2, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI3141606426
ARI0631407327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:44CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:56CHIRyan HartmanAssists: Duncan Keith, Andrew Desjardins · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:15CHIMarian HossaPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:36ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:24CHIArtemi PanarinGWGAssists: Artem Anisimov, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P2 14:24ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Shane Doan, Brendan Perlini · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P2 15:51ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Christian Dvorak, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–3
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 8:29ARIAlex Goligoski: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:08ARIMichael Stone: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:43CHIAndrew Desjardins: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:43ARILuke Schenn: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 16:43ARILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:43ARILuke Schenn: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 16:43CHIAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P2 0:10CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 0:19CHIArtem Anisimov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P2 2:49CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P2 6:29ARIShane Doan: Holding2 min
  12. P2 14:44CHIRichard Panik: Cross checking2 min
  13. P2 14:44ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Embellishment2 min
  14. P2 16:26CHIBrian Campbell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  15. P3 0:12ARIBrendan Perlini: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 6:30CHIAndrew Desjardins: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Martinook won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIARI
26Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals1.9
48Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
19Penalty minutes27
8Hits46
21Blocked shots11
5Giveaways7
1Takeaways3

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. bestDesjardins – Hartman – Kero5:33

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 10–3goals 1–1

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin12:53

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Hossa – Kruger – Rasmussen8:05

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Schmaltz8:50

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – van Riemsdyk10:46

    xG 0.47–0.05 (91%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Forsling8:46

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson2:27

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder10:19

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – Burmistrov – Domi7:26

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Perlini – Dvorak9:34

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  4. White – Martinook – Crouse7:00

    xG 0.06–0.41 (12%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy4:32

    xG 0.20–0.19 (50%)attempts 3–6goals 1–1

  2. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson9:24

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Chychrun2:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

ARI 1.9 xGCHI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #309 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).