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Sat, Mar 24, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Chicago Blackhawks 3, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0921016325
NYI01008114132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:36CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Patrick Sharp, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:25CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Jan Rutta · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:18NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Anders Lee, Thomas Hickey · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:46CHIBrent SeabrookENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.45 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:51CHIArtem Anisimov: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:03NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:55NYIAnders Lee: Holding2 min
  4. P3 11:48CHIArtem Anisimov: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Kane
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYI
25Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
7Hits13
16Blocked shots19
10Giveaways15
6Takeaways10

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. bestKane – Saad – DeBrincat12:50

    xG 0.95–0.35 (73%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Anisimov – Jurco – Martinsen10:05

    xG 0.22–0.04 (83%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Hinostroza – Schmaltz – Highmore11:51

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Hayden – Kampf9:07

    xG 0.11–0.71 (14%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Gustafsson14:45

    xG 0.57–0.27 (68%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Rutta15:38

    xG 0.57–0.64 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook15:16

    xG 0.30–0.44 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNelson – Johnston – Fritz4:04

    xG 0.33–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston4:38

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier14:39

    xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Clutterbuck – Cizikas3:22

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDavidson – Pelech15:21

    xG 0.43–0.08 (84%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy15:05

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Hickey – Pulock15:44

    xG 0.56–0.80 (41%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

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.

NYI 2.4 xGCHI 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1064 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYI 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, New York Islanders win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

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

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