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Sat, Feb 4, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01121738536
DAL010112212334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:08DALRadek FaksaAssists: Devin Shore, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:20CHIRyan HartmanAssists: Tanner Kero, Marian Hossa · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:34CHIGustav ForslingAssists: Brent Seabrook, Marcus Kruger · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:40DALJamie BennAssists: Cody Eakin, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:24DALTyler SeguinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:59CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Artemi Panarin, Artem Anisimov · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:57CHITrevor van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Artem Anisimov, Artemi Panarin · Backhand, 0.27 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:59CHIJonathan ToewsENAssists: Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.71 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:05CHIMarcus Kruger: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:43CHIRichard Panik: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:34CHIJordin Tootoo: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:34DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 11:30DALDan Hamhuis: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 13:18CHIArtem Anisimov: Holding2 min
  7. P3 18:57DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
36Shots on goal34
4.1Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
5Hits27
9Blocked shots20
8Giveaways16
4Takeaways8

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. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin11:49

    xG 1.12–0.47 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 2–1

  2. Tootoo – Hartman – Kero5:26

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Hossa – Kruger – Rasmussen10:14

    xG 0.65–0.32 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Schmaltz9:04

    xG 0.24–0.44 (35%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – van Riemsdyk13:05

    xG 0.87–0.27 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Seabrook – Forsling14:06

    xG 0.91–0.56 (62%)attempts 26–11goals 1–2

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson18:23

    xG 1.00–0.73 (58%)attempts 21–17goals 1–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Seguin – Ritchie9:19

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Sharp – Faksa – Shore10:38

    xG 0.66–0.69 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 1–2

  3. Eaves – Benn – Eakin11:37

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

  4. Korpikoski – Cracknell – McKenzie6:42

    xG 0.00–0.78 (0%)attempts 0–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamhuis – Johns2:07

    xG 0.02–0.07 (25%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Johns – Nemeth12:43

    xG 0.34–0.56 (37%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Benn12:36

    xG 0.38–0.62 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1

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.

DAL 2.9 xGCHI 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #48 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 70% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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