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Tue, Mar 26, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 85% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01205014031
ARI01007112129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:40ARINick CousinsPPGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 11:55ARIClayton Keller: Interference2 min
  2. P3 4:35CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 18:13CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIARI
31Shots on goal29
1.3Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits43
18Blocked shots14
11Giveaways12
3Takeaways18

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. bestAnisimov – Saad – Sikura8:51

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Sikura – DeBrincat4:36

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Kruger – Kahun4:41

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – DeBrincat12:22

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson20:37

    xG 0.57–0.42 (57%)attempts 24–14goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Koekkoek14:53

    xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Forsling14:44

    xG 0.04–0.90 (5%)attempts 5–19goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Galchenyuk – Keller9:31

    xG 0.56–0.03 (96%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Panik – Hinostroza11:55

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Grabner – Dvorak – Fischer8:10

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Archibald – Crouse13:00

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson14:57

    xG 0.77–0.23 (77%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun16:17

    xG 0.82–0.31 (72%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle15:52

    xG 0.42–0.52 (44%)attempts 9–21goals 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.

ARI 3.4 xGCHI 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 2/100 · #1248 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 85% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

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

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