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Sat, Dec 2, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI11111209020234
DAL11111505042335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:57DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:31CHICody FransonAssists: Ryan Hartman, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:15DALRadek FaksaAssists: Remi Elie, Tyler Pitlick · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:19CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Connor Murphy, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Alexander Radulov scored
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:49DALCurtis McKenzie: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:09CHIJohn Hayden: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:02CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:05CHIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:30DALBrett Ritchie: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 15:52CHIPatrick Sharp: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:55DALGreg Pateryn: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 9:36CHIConnor Murphy: Elbowing2 min
  9. P3 9:36DALBrett Ritchie: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. OT 4:51CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
34Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts69
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
22Blocked shots14
14Giveaways13
3Takeaways11

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. bestSharp – Hartman – DeBrincat9:24

    xG 0.63–0.05 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Bouma – Wingels – Hayden6:43

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz11:55

    xG 0.08–0.35 (18%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Saad10:20

    xG 0.40–1.02 (28%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Franson9:15

    xG 0.35–0.00 (99%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Murphy9:47

    xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook3:05

    xG 0.04–0.03 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin13:20

    xG 0.98–0.56 (64%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  2. Pitlick – Faksa – Elie8:01

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Shore – Janmark7:07

    xG 0.08–0.27 (23%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. McKenzie – Ritchie – Smith4:47

    xG 0.03–0.24 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell14:39

    xG 0.74–0.57 (57%)attempts 23–15goals 1–2

  2. Johns – Oleksiak9:58

    xG 0.70–0.66 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Pateryn15:44

    xG 0.14–0.24 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

DAL 3.0 xGCHI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #586 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 61% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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