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Thu, Oct 18, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Arizona Coyotes 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 66% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11211029431
CHI01319012134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:43ARILawson CrouseAssists: Clayton Keller, Jordan Oesterle · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:34CHIErik GustafssonAssists: Jonathan Toews, Alex DeBrincat · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:37ARIVinnie HinostrozaGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:22ARIClayton KellerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:40ARIVinnie HinostrozaENAssists: Nick Cousins, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.68 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:50ARIClayton Keller: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:53ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:53CHIJohn Hayden: Holding2 min
  4. P3 10:23ARIKevin Connauton: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICHI
31Shots on goal34
3.8Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts77
31Faceoffs won31
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
21Hits11
27Blocked shots14
5Giveaways6
8Takeaways8

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Grabner – Hinostroza9:50

    xG 1.06–0.06 (95%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Perlini – Fischer – Strome8:35

    xG 0.68–0.49 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Panik – Archibald – Cousins6:36

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Crouse – Keller12:21

    xG 0.83–1.04 (44%)attempts 15–21goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson14:55

    xG 1.58–0.83 (66%)attempts 23–17goals 2–0

  2. Connauton – Oesterle15:03

    xG 0.68–0.53 (56%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson15:29

    xG 0.37–0.65 (36%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKruger – Saad – Kampf9:14

    xG 0.33–0.07 (82%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Toews – DeBrincat – Kahun12:50

    xG 0.97–0.86 (53%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  3. Kane – Schmaltz – Fortin10:22

    xG 0.51–0.64 (45%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Anisimov – Hayden9:18

    xG 0.15–0.71 (18%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Jokiharju15:17

    xG 0.97–0.95 (51%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1

  2. Seabrook – Gustafsson15:34

    xG 1.02–1.06 (49%)attempts 21–17goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Rutta12:02

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 9–11goals 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 2.9 xGARI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #835 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 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, Arizona Coyotes win this game 66% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

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

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