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Thu, Nov 8, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR31611008434
CHI013214111338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:46CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Jordan Martinook, Lucas Wallmark · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:09CARJaccob SlavinPPAssists: Justin Williams, Lucas Wallmark · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:53CARPhillip Di GiuseppeAssists: Brock McGinn, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:20CARCalvin de HaanGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.30 xG4–0
  5. P2 4:34CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Artem Anisimov, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P2 10:53CHIDavid KampfAssists: Brandon Saad, Jan Rutta · Deflected, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 3:33CHINick SchmaltzAssists: Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:46CHIHenri Jokiharju: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:10CARCalvin de Haan: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:49CHIAlexandre Fortin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:08CARClark Bishop: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCHI
34Shots on goal38
4.0Expected goals4.5
50Shot attempts71
22Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits18
16Blocked shots13
5Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Staal – Foegele13:26

    xG 0.94–0.33 (74%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Di Giuseppe – McGinn – Bishop7:53

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Teravainen – McGinn – Aho3:26

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov10:57

    xG 0.57–0.74 (43%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk16:54

    xG 1.67–0.91 (65%)attempts 17–23goals 3–0

  2. Hamilton – van Riemsdyk13:03

    xG 0.37–0.68 (35%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – Pesce16:44

    xG 0.42–1.24 (25%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Schmaltz9:19

    xG 1.21–0.42 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 1–2

  2. Toews – DeBrincat – Kahun10:25

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Martinsen – Kampf2:56

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Kruger – Martinsen4:41

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Jokiharju16:18

    xG 1.15–0.21 (85%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – Jokiharju4:10

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson15:26

    xG 1.24–1.10 (53%)attempts 15–16goals 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.

CHI 4.5 xGCAR 4.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #252 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

CHI winsCAR wins

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

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