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Tue, Mar 21, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Vancouver Canucks 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 87% of the time.

CHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN13251611515
CHI0711431904444

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:00VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Michael Chaput · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:33VANBrandon SutterAssists: Jayson Megna · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:15CHIRyan HartmanPPAssists: Marian Hossa, Nick Schmaltz · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:45VANReid BoucherAssists: Chris Tanev, Sven Baertschi · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:15VANBrandon SutterAssists: Jack Skille, Alexander Edler · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:48CHIMarian HossaPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Brian Campbell · Slap, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:10CHIRichard PanikAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:57CHIRyan HartmanAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:12VANDaniel SedinPPGWGAssists: Troy Stecher, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:43VANBen Hutton: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:30CHIJonathan Toews: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:49VANBo Horvat: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:25VANAlex Biega: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:49VANDrew Shore: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 4:47VANJoseph Cramarossa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:28VANHenrik Sedin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. OT 1:32CHIJonathan Toews: Interference2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCHI
15Shots on goal44
1.4Expected goals3.9
29Shot attempts83
28Faceoffs won37
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
17Hits11
20Blocked shots9
5Giveaways17
4Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSkille – Sutter – Megna6:45

    xG 0.52–0.19 (73%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  2. Shore – Baertschi – Horvat2:29

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Boucher – Baertschi – Horvat9:20

    xG 0.26–0.50 (35%)attempts 5–13goals 1–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Chaput13:02

    xG 0.20–0.59 (26%)attempts 4–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Stecher11:41

    xG 0.14–0.38 (28%)attempts 3–11goals 1–0

  2. Hutton – Tryamkin13:01

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 8–16goals 2–1

  3. Sbisa – Tanev11:25

    xG 0.47–1.18 (28%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Panik – Hayden11:19

    xG 0.71–0.03 (96%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Jurco – Rasmussen – Kero3:56

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Kruger – Hartman5:47

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Schmaltz – Kero2:35

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson9:57

    xG 0.95–0.14 (87%)attempts 14–2goals 0–1

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk13:49

    xG 0.63–0.18 (77%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson5:31

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 8–1goals 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.

CHI 3.9 xGVAN 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 100/100 · #6 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.97 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 87% of the time.

CHI winsVAN wins

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

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