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Sat, Mar 9, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI214015010239
DAL11101105127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:10CHIDavid KampfAssists: Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:23DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:24CHIAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 13:02DALMiro Heiskanen: Delaying game2 min
  2. P3 15:27DALEsa Lindell: Delaying game2 min
  3. P3 19:43DALJamie Benn: Interference2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
39Shots on goal27
4.4Expected goals3.0
77Shot attempts60
21Faceoffs won35
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
9Hits18
21Blocked shots28
14Giveaways20
9Takeaways8

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. bestKunitz – Kruger – Kampf9:39

    xG 1.11–0.47 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Saad4:26

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Kahun12:42

    xG 0.73–0.81 (48%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  4. Perlini – Strome – DeBrincat10:29

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Forsling11:29

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Gustafsson18:33

    xG 0.93–1.02 (48%)attempts 29–15goals 1–1

  3. Murphy – Dahlstrom21:16

    xG 1.31–1.47 (47%)attempts 19–28goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Seguin – Hintz10:59

    xG 1.14–0.31 (79%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin3:33

    xG 0.26–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dickinson – L'Esperance7:03

    xG 0.69–0.66 (51%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa8:54

    xG 0.14–0.56 (20%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Heiskanen19:27

    xG 1.45–1.19 (55%)attempts 29–16goals 0–1

  2. Lovejoy – Lindell2:45

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Lindell13:19

    xG 0.71–0.52 (58%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

DAL 3.0 xGCHI 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1031 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 72% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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