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Thu, Mar 23, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL013114111061244
CHI170719032326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:13CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Richard Panik, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:26DALAles HemskyAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:37CHIMarian HossaAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:51DALAles HemskyAssists: Jamie Benn, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  4. 4. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  5. 5. CHI Artemi Panarin scored
  6. 6. DAL Ales Hemsky stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:29CHIRichard Panik: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:23DALRemi Elie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:35CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:37DALDevin Shore: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 2:49DALCody Eakin: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 9:16CHIRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:46CHIRyan Hartman: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 11:46DALDan Hamhuis: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 19:05DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
44Shots on goal26
4.5Expected goals2.6
64Shot attempts50
36Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
19Hits9
16Blocked shots13
3Giveaways9
6Takeaways11

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Faksa – Shore10:56

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Hemsky – Benn – Seguin2:25

    xG 0.54–0.17 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Hudler – Cracknell – McKenzie7:27

    xG 0.15–0.08 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Benn – Eakin9:45

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell16:22

    xG 0.85–0.32 (72%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Pateryn – Oleksiak2:34

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Oleksiak8:39

    xG 0.25–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Rasmussen – Kero3:34

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Panik – Hayden11:00

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Hartman – Panarin10:34

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Kruger – Schmaltz8:35

    xG 0.12–0.79 (13%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Oduya – Seabrook13:43

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk13:32

    xG 0.32–0.43 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson15:42

    xG 0.65–0.88 (42%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGDAL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #162 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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