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Thu, Dec 21, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0110607024
DAL173906422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:11DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Remi Elie, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:07DALAntoine RousselAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Greg Pateryn · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:55DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jason Spezza, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:14DALTyler SeguinAssists: Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:08CHITommy Wingels: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:42CHILance Bouma: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:42DALMartin Hanzal: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:06CHIRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:30CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 15:11DALGreg Pateryn: Holding the stick2 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 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
24Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals2.7
75Shot attempts54
23Faceoffs won37
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits24
19Blocked shots29
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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. bestBouma – Wingels – Hayden9:28

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Saad – DeBrincat9:41

    xG 0.45–0.44 (50%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Panik – Hinostroza – Hartman10:04

    xG 0.29–0.48 (38%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz15:11

    xG 0.43–0.79 (35%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Kempny5:22

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Kempny2:10

    xG 0.29–0.15 (65%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  3. Keith – Oesterle16:10

    xG 0.58–0.54 (52%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Pitlick – Faksa10:38

    xG 0.81–0.32 (72%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Shore – Janmark11:44

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Elie10:40

    xG 0.37–0.58 (39%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Hanzal – Smith7:45

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell17:17

    xG 0.95–0.72 (57%)attempts 10–25goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn19:45

    xG 0.93–0.72 (56%)attempts 20–27goals 2–0

  3. Johns – Honka12:28

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 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 2.7 xGCHI 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1243 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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