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Sun, Nov 18, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Minnesota Wild 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

CHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN011115014140
CHI2160715328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:26CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Henri Jokiharju · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:29CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Alexandre Fortin, Gustav Forsling · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:56MINZach ParisePPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Mathew Dumba · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:01CHIDominik KahunENAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Backhand, 0.77 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:32MINJordan Greenway: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:26MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:48CHIHenri Jokiharju: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:57CHIJonathan Toews: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:04MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:51CHIBrent Seabrook: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCHI
40Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals3.9
65Shot attempts50
37Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits16
9Blocked shots14
7Giveaways6
12Takeaways10

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Niederreiter9:57

    xG 0.96–0.01 (99%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Zucker – Granlund7:57

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Fehr – Foligno – Brown5:20

    xG 0.07–0.03 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Zucker – Coyle – Eriksson Ek2:58

    xG 0.03–0.24 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Brodin13:23

    xG 0.91–0.27 (77%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Dumba20:14

    xG 1.04–1.00 (51%)attempts 24–15goals 0–1

  3. Pateryn – Seeler9:07

    xG 0.08–0.29 (21%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – Saad12:19

    xG 0.72–0.50 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Fortin – Kampf – Kahun7:14

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Kruger – Hayden – Martinsen6:19

    xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Schmaltz – DeBrincat14:00

    xG 0.61–0.83 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Jokiharju12:19

    xG 0.79–0.35 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – Rutta2:02

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook18:00

    xG 0.76–0.82 (48%)attempts 14–23goals 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 3.9 xGMIN 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #1036 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 53% of the time.

CHI winsMIN wins

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

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