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Fri, Jan 12, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG07011114132
CHI0621209227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:51CHIDavid KampfAssists: Connor Murphy, Alex DeBrincat · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:25CHIJan RuttaGWGAssists: Anthony Duclair, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:19WPGPatrik LaineUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:17CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P1 19:08WPGDustin Byfuglien: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 8:05WPGDmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:51CHIPatrick Sharp: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 0:18WPGMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:01CHIJonathan Toews: Interference2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Copp won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
32Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
36Hits13
13Blocked shots17
4Giveaways6
5Takeaways9

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Hendricks – Dano – Roslovic4:13

    xG 0.09–0.11 (46%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  2. Little – Perreault – Ehlers13:10

    xG 0.46–0.49 (48%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Matthias – Armia – Copp6:32

    xG 0.02–0.07 (22%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Copp – Roslovic3:14

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien14:24

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Myers – Kulikov12:46

    xG 0.53–0.63 (46%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Morrissey14:43

    xG 0.22–0.54 (29%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Saad – Hinostroza11:32

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – DeBrincat – Kampf8:11

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  3. Kane – Hartman – Schmaltz12:05

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  4. Sharp – Bouma – Wingels6:22

    xG 0.10–0.38 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForsling – Rutta13:00

    xG 0.53–0.38 (58%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Murphy10:38

    xG 0.31–0.27 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Oesterle15:13

    xG 0.47–0.53 (47%)attempts 10–20goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGWPG 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1120 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 63% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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