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Tue, Jan 9, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Chicago Blackhawks 8, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 78% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI117514212843
OTT0821108227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:51CHIRichard PanikAssists: Michal Kempny, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:14CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Patrick Kane, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:15CHINick SchmaltzPPGWGAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Patrick Kane · Backhand, 0.36 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:53CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.34 xG4–0
  5. P2 10:35OTTMark StoneUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P2 16:39OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Mark Stone, Cody Ceci · Deflected, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:33CHINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Patrick Sharp, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.30 xG5–2
  8. P2 19:07CHIJan RuttaPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Anton Forsberg · Snap, 0.06 xG6–2
  9. P3 3:24CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza · Snap, 0.12 xG7–2
  10. P3 10:01CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Duncan Keith, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.06 xG8–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:27OTTAlexandre Burrows: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 7:40OTTDerick Brassard: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:28CHIJan Rutta: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:11OTTZack Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:01OTTErik Karlsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:27CHIRichard Panik: Interference2 min
  7. P3 6:24OTTBen Harpur: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:24CHIMichal Kempny: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:21CHIBrandon Saad: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 9:08OTTDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 10:38CHIMichal Kempny: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 17:44OTTMark Stone: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIOTT
43Shots on goal27
3.9Expected goals2.1
71Shot attempts63
35Faceoffs won34
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
14Hits24
19Blocked shots17
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways10

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 – Panik10:25

    xG 0.57–0.09 (86%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Saad – Hinostroza8:54

    xG 0.66–0.26 (71%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  3. Sharp – DeBrincat – Kampf9:31

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Hartman – Schmaltz9:57

    xG 0.13–0.65 (17%)attempts 5–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Oesterle14:13

    xG 1.12–0.53 (68%)attempts 22–16goals 2–1

  2. Murphy – Kempny13:54

    xG 0.27–0.14 (67%)attempts 20–8goals 2–0

  3. Forsling – Rutta11:43

    xG 0.14–0.49 (22%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Smith – Pageau7:59

    xG 0.25–0.11 (71%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene9:16

    xG 0.49–0.50 (50%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  3. Burrows – Dumont – White4:59

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Stone – Dzingel10:34

    xG 0.28–0.69 (29%)attempts 11–10goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestClaesson – Harpur8:08

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci8:41

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 5–18goals 0–1

  3. Claesson – Ceci2:45

    xG 0.05–0.06 (46%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

OTT 2.1 xGCHI 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #489 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 78% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

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

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