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Sat, Feb 11, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI2821215525
EDM11206013131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:01EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:49CHIRichard PanikAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:54CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Richard Panik, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:37CHITrevor van RiemsdykUnassisted · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:26CHIRichard PanikPPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Backhand, 0.29 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:49CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Patrick Kane, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:29EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:35CHIGustav Forsling: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:17EDMMatt Benning: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 17:08CHIRyan Hartman: Misconduct10 min
  5. P3 17:08EDMZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 17:08EDMBrandon Davidson: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 17:08CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 17:08CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:08EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Fighting5 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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIEDM
25Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals2.9
43Shot attempts67
20Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
19Penalty minutes29
9Hits27
25Blocked shots10
12Giveaways18
9Takeaways12

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 – Kruger – Kero3:11

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Kruger – Rasmussen6:41

    xG 0.24–0.21 (54%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Panik – Schmaltz13:15

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  4. Hinostroza – Hartman – Kero7:05

    xG 0.09–0.28 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – van Riemsdyk17:08

    xG 0.87–0.82 (52%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

  2. Seabrook – Forsling16:12

    xG 0.53–0.63 (46%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson18:31

    xG 0.41–1.00 (29%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – McDavid9:07

    xG 0.84–0.07 (93%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Pouliot – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins3:20

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Eberle – McDavid4:49

    xG 0.19–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Slepyshev – Caggiula6:58

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom19:27

    xG 0.94–0.75 (56%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  2. Sekera – Oesterle10:01

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 19–5goals 0–1

  3. Davidson – Benning8:21

    xG 0.24–0.17 (59%)attempts 7–2goals 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.

EDM 2.9 xGCHI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #858 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 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 63% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

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

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