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Tue, Feb 5, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 6, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI19012514635
EDM2160704227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:55CHIErik GustafssonPPAssists: Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:41EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Slap, 0.43 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:45EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:50CHIJohn HaydenAssists: Marcus Kruger, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:23CHIDylan StromeGWGAssists: Dominik Kahun, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:51CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brandon Saad, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:38CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.16 xG5–2
  8. P3 12:12CHIDominik KahunPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Brandon Saad · Tip-in, 0.17 xG6–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:51EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:30EDMKyle Brodziak: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:02CHIConnor Murphy: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:34CHICarl Dahlstrom: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:27CHIMarcus Kruger: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 19:34CHICarl Dahlstrom: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:26EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:34EDMJujhar Khaira: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackEDM 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.

CHIEDM
35Shots on goal27
3.4Expected goals3.8
61Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits23
17Blocked shots17
6Giveaways15
7Takeaways10

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – DeBrincat – Kahun10:52

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Caggiula11:53

    xG 0.65–0.46 (58%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Saad3:44

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden2:27

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy3:05

    xG 0.38–0.05 (88%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Seabrook – Koekkoek2:55

    xG 0.15–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Koekkoek – Gustafsson14:12

    xG 0.82–0.78 (51%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodziak – Malone – Kassian2:59

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira5:43

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Rattie – McDavid9:29

    xG 0.79–0.67 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  4. Chiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl8:10

    xG 0.28–0.31 (48%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom18:19

    xG 1.33–0.70 (66%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Gravel2:03

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  3. Gravel – Benning12:20

    xG 0.18–0.47 (27%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

EDM 3.8 xGCHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #533 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

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

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