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Thu, Feb 23, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Arizona Coyotes 3, Chicago Blackhawks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 59% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI310016011337
CHI3132917629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37CHINick SchmaltzAssists: Jonathan Toews, Richard Panik · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:36ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:28CHIRyan HartmanAssists: Marian Hossa · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:41CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Ryan Hartman, Tanner Kero · Snap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P1 17:42ARIRyan WhiteAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P1 18:39ARIRadim VrbataAssists: Martin Hanzal, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P2 2:56CHIMichal RozsivalGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P2 12:41CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 9:49CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Artemi Panarin, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:02CHIBrian Campbell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 6:12CHIBrian Campbell: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 7:26ARIAlexander Burmistrov: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:14CHIRichard Panik: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 13:06ARIBrendan Perlini: High sticking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICHI
37Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals3.0
64Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
24Hits12
13Blocked shots18
8Giveaways6
4Takeaways6

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Martinook – Jooris9:41

    xG 0.58–0.20 (75%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Doan – Perlini – Dvorak4:43

    xG 0.35–0.15 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  3. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder11:44

    xG 0.36–0.30 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  4. White – Burmistrov – Perlini5:46

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Schenn7:37

    xG 0.71–0.22 (76%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson6:27

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

  3. Murphy – Chychrun15:22

    xG 0.44–0.65 (40%)attempts 15–13goals 1–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Panarin11:39

    xG 0.74–0.49 (60%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Panik – Schmaltz11:17

    xG 0.40–0.16 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

  3. Hossa – Kruger – Rasmussen6:25

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Hartman – Kero3:36

    xG 0.14–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Campbell8:45

    xG 0.53–0.13 (81%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk4:28

    xG 0.38–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Keith – van Riemsdyk11:03

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

CHI 3.0 xGARI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #188 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 59% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

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

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