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Thu, Mar 16, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0130926228
OTT01308113134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 8:04CHIDuncan KeithAssists: Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:23OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:59CHIRichard PanikPPGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:08OTTZack Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 11:01CHIRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:10OTTTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:10CHIJonathan Toews: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:06OTTChris Wideman: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:04CHIMarcus Kruger: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:12CHIMarian Hossa: Holding2 min
  8. P3 11:11CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:15OTTDerick Brassard: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 15:52OTTMarc Methot: Slashing2 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIOTT
28Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals1.8
54Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
14Hits22
24Blocked shots15
22Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestKane – Schmaltz – Panarin10:14

    xG 0.71–0.30 (70%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Tootoo – Desjardins – Kero3:36

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Hartman – Kero3:27

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Hayden7:00

    xG 0.02–0.05 (31%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson13:49

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Seabrook14:05

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – van Riemsdyk12:51

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Brassard – Smith9:48

    xG 0.62–0.23 (73%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau8:00

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Kelly – Stalberg – Wingels4:58

    xG 0.11–0.14 (43%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel10:19

    xG 0.17–0.45 (28%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson14:55

    xG 0.83–0.72 (54%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Claesson6:33

    xG 0.16–0.12 (56%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Claesson2:40

    xG 0.06–0.08 (44%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

OTT 1.8 xGCHI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #574 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 56% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

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

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