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Thu, Feb 7, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Vancouver Canucks 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

CHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN01421411302343
CHI2131901013435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:59CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Dylan Strome, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:58CHIBrandon SaadPPAssists: Artem Anisimov, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.42 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:20VANAlex BiegaAssists: Brock Boeser, Josh Leivo · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:41VANJosh LeivoAssists: Jake Virtanen, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:01CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Dylan Strome, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:08VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Troy Stecher, Josh Leivo · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:21CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:44CHIGustav Forsling: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:34CHIDrake Caggiula: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:03VANJay Beagle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:26VANBrandon Sutter: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:53CHISlater Koekkoek: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:08VANBen Hutton: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 9:38VANDerrick Pouliot: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 15:09CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 6:27VANLoui Eriksson: Interference2 min
  10. P3 16:24CHIBrendan Perlini: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCHI
43Shots on goal35
4.6Expected goals4.9
73Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won32
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits22
15Blocked shots15
3Giveaways12
8Takeaways10

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLeivo – Boeser – Pettersson4:48

    xG 0.45–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Roussel – Horvat – Virtanen3:59

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Granlund – Horvat2:53

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson2:12

    xG 0.09–0.01 (88%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Pouliot11:37

    xG 0.91–0.18 (84%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Gudbranson11:37

    xG 1.10–0.85 (57%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. Hutton – Stecher17:31

    xG 0.80–0.65 (55%)attempts 23–19goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Anisimov – Hayden2:20

    xG 0.12–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Kruger – Saad – Perlini2:08

    xG 0.02–0.08 (16%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden2:38

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – Caggiula11:55

    xG 0.49–0.73 (40%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gustafsson – Forsling11:14

    xG 0.32–0.60 (35%)attempts 7–13goals 0–2

  2. Keith – Seabrook15:55

    xG 0.85–1.25 (40%)attempts 18–28goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Koekkoek14:23

    xG 0.67–1.10 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 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 4.9 xGVAN 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #112 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 winsVAN wins

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

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