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Mon, Mar 18, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Vancouver Canucks 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN01121101111334
CHI1100411700231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:25CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:53VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:22VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:47CHIErik GustafssonAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:16VANBo HorvatGWGAssists: Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:23VANTim Schaller: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:55VANAlex Biega: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:49CHIMarcus Kruger: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 14:17VANBrock Boeser: Holding the stick2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCHI
34Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.0
50Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
26Hits20
18Blocked shots10
7Giveaways12
7Takeaways9

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. bestEriksson – Pearson – Horvat12:13

    xG 0.93–0.37 (72%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson14:46

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Beagle – Schaller – Motte7:56

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Granlund – Virtanen – Gaudette9:04

    xG 0.01–0.26 (2%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrisebois – Stecher11:44

    xG 0.90–0.30 (75%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Sautner14:09

    xG 0.48–0.45 (51%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Biega20:31

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerlini – Strome – DeBrincat12:27

    xG 0.47–0.35 (57%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Saad – Kahun7:25

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Kahun3:37

    xG 0.03–0.04 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Saad2:40

    xG 0.02–0.13 (12%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Forsling2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Koekkoek14:56

    xG 0.47–0.65 (42%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Seabrook – Forsling12:35

    xG 0.31–0.53 (37%)attempts 10–13goals 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 2.0 xGVAN 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #505 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsVAN wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).