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Sat, Oct 12, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG01011111111333
CHI2130601000229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:02CHIBrandon SaadSHAssists: Ryan Carpenter · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:37CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:05WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Jack Roslovic · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:44WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:47WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Josh Morrissey · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:18CHIZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:00WPGAdam Lowry: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:48WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:27CHIDuncan Keith: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:30CHIDylan Strome: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:48CHIBrandon Saad: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
33Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals3.1
53Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
29Hits36
15Blocked shots15
14Giveaways18
12Takeaways11

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Ehlers – Connor11:00

    xG 1.06–0.20 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Letestu – Bourque – Lowry6:53

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Roslovic – Appleton8:28

    xG 0.34–0.23 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Laine14:06

    xG 0.30–0.55 (36%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDahlstrom – Pionk13:20

    xG 0.97–0.27 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Bitetto12:24

    xG 0.33–0.60 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Poolman – Morrissey18:36

    xG 0.59–0.97 (38%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Shaw – Strome12:43

    xG 0.84–0.18 (83%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Toews – DeBrincat – Caggiula10:35

    xG 0.92–0.74 (55%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Carpenter – Perlini5:12

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Saad – Kubalik – Kampf9:27

    xG 0.09–0.41 (19%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy18:09

    xG 0.66–0.43 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Maatta12:10

    xG 0.70–0.90 (44%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Gustafsson11:57

    xG 0.31–0.62 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGWPG 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #359 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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