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Fri, Mar 31, 2017·United Center, Chicago

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

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

CHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ11108014133
CHI290817324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:15CBJNick FolignoAssists: Sam Gagner, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:37CHIMarian HossaGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:16CHIArtemi PanarinENAssists: Patrick Kane, Tanner Kero · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:28CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:31CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:08CBJKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 16:21CBJBoone Jenner: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 16:21CHIRyan Hartman: Embellishment2 min
  6. P1 0:00CBJNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:54CHIJordin Tootoo: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:25CHIJohnny Oduya: Holding2 min
  9. P3 9:15CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCHI
33Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.9
61Shot attempts40
30Faceoffs won15
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
32Hits12
13Blocked shots19
7Giveaways10
8Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Gagner – Sedlak3:46

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Jenner – Saad – Wennberg8:06

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Foligno – Atkinson9:10

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Gagner – Karlsson2:43

    xG 0.01–0.01 (42%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:52

    xG 0.64–0.44 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Werenski14:52

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Nutivaara9:27

    xG 0.15–0.99 (13%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Kero – Panarin9:37

    xG 0.78–0.49 (61%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Kruger – Hartman7:47

    xG 0.44–0.22 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Hayden – Rasmussen6:26

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Schmaltz9:44

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – van Riemsdyk13:38

    xG 0.69–0.52 (57%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Seabrook12:03

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson13:28

    xG 0.50–0.49 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 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 2.9 xGCBJ 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #971 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

CHI winsCBJ wins

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

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