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Sun, Oct 28, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM19070911226
CHI1401301500132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:02CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:26EDMZack KassianAssists: Jujhar Khaira, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:53EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:05CHIAlex DeBrincat: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:31EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  3. P1 9:07EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 10:44EDMDrake Caggiula: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:04CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:01EDMMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 8:15EDMRyan Strome: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
26Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.5
53Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
23Hits16
12Blocked shots16
1Giveaways4
4Takeaways11

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodziak – Kassian – Khaira7:21

    xG 0.59–0.40 (60%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Strome – Caggiula9:38

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Yamamoto11:05

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl7:47

    xG 0.11–0.23 (32%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse15:42

    xG 0.86–0.50 (64%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Garrison – Benning9:41

    xG 0.31–0.59 (34%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom18:06

    xG 0.53–0.83 (39%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – DeBrincat – Kahun12:28

    xG 0.54–0.39 (58%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Saad11:43

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Schmaltz – Fortin8:36

    xG 0.55–0.61 (47%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Kruger – Martinsen – Kampf8:05

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Jokiharju2:33

    xG 0.35–0.05 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Davidson11:22

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Jokiharju16:47

    xG 0.70–0.75 (48%)attempts 20–16goals 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 2.5 xGEDM 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #989 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 54% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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