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Wed, Feb 21, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Ottawa Senators 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT1411409072234
CHI114110010043338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:19CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:56OTTZack SmithAssists: Derick Brassard, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:52CHIArtem AnisimovAssists: Patrick Kane, Erik Gustafsson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:01OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Mark Stone, Fredrik Claesson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. OTT Matt Duchene scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  4. 4. OTT Thomas Chabot stopped
  5. 5. CHI Anthony Duclair stopped
  6. 6. OTT Ryan Dzingel stopped
  7. 7. CHI Alex DeBrincat scored
  8. 8. OTT Mike Hoffman scored
  9. 9. CHI Artem Anisimov stopped
  10. 10. OTT Marian Gaborik stopped
  11. 11. CHI Tomas Jurco stopped
  12. 12. OTT Tom Pyatt stopped
  13. 13. CHI Nick Schmaltz scored
  14. 14. OTT Mark Stone stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 8:54CHIArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:32OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 12:09OTTThomas Chabot: High sticking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCHI
34Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals3.0
64Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits11
20Blocked shots13
2Giveaways7
14Takeaways7

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Dzingel – Pageau9:55

    xG 0.46–0.19 (70%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Smith – Stone14:58

    xG 0.88–0.73 (55%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

  3. Hoffman – Duchene – Paajarvi14:12

    xG 0.68–0.68 (50%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  4. Pyatt – McCormick – Shore7:02

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci10:27

    xG 0.87–0.25 (78%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Claesson3:21

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Claesson – Chabot3:29

    xG 0.26–0.09 (75%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Jurco14:39

    xG 0.78–0.71 (52%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

  2. Duclair – Schmaltz – DeBrincat11:13

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Hinostroza – Hartman – Kampf8:55

    xG 0.23–0.48 (33%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Wingels – Saad12:24

    xG 0.38–0.75 (34%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Oesterle19:08

    xG 0.78–0.52 (60%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

  2. Gustafsson – Dahlstrom16:02

    xG 0.84–0.73 (54%)attempts 19–17goals 2–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook2:12

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

CHI 3.0 xGOTT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #676 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).