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Tue, Jan 22, 2019·United Center, Chicago

New York Islanders 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 57% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI11317012040236
CHI09218010032340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:19NYIValtteri FilppulaUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:05CHIDylan StromePPAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:33NYIMathew BarzalUnassisted · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:38CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  2. 2. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  4. 4. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:13CHIConnor Murphy: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:46NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:46NYICal Clutterbuck: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 18:31NYIValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 12:14CHIPatrick Kane: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICHI
36Shots on goal40
4.1Expected goals4.7
71Shot attempts69
27Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits16
16Blocked shots20
3Giveaways13
8Takeaways5

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Barzal – Beauvillier12:08

    xG 0.65–0.38 (63%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Komarov – Dal Colle11:15

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:17

    xG 0.15–0.14 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson14:28

    xG 0.70–1.16 (38%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy16:29

    xG 0.80–0.57 (58%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews17:17

    xG 0.62–0.40 (61%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock14:51

    xG 0.48–0.74 (39%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKruger – Saad – Kampf10:37

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Strome – DeBrincat – Kahun11:50

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Caggiula17:03

    xG 0.61–0.71 (46%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Anisimov – Hayden5:26

    xG 0.24–0.43 (35%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy3:17

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Gustafsson3:48

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Gustafsson2:13

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 3–4goals 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 4.7 xGNYI 4.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #556 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 57% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

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

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