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Mon, Oct 14, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Edmonton Oilers 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 80% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01206110128
CHI01011728335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:11CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:20CHIAlex NylanderGWGAssists: Ryan Carpenter · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:49EDMJames NealPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:27CHIBrandon SaadENAssists: David Kampf, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.68 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:11CHIDominik Kubalik: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:52CHIAndrew Shaw: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:12EDMJujhar Khaira: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:05EDMEthan Bear: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:32EDMJujhar Khaira: Holding2 min
  6. P3 14:23EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 14:23CHICalvin de Haan: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:58CHIDominik Kubalik: Slashing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCHI
28Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals4.9
46Shot attempts64
29Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
31Hits36
16Blocked shots13
11Giveaways7
5Takeaways10

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Granlund – Nygard5:53

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid15:25

    xG 1.04–0.98 (52%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira7:46

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Neal – Jurco – Nugent-Hopkins8:11

    xG 0.13–0.29 (32%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear16:46

    xG 1.56–0.98 (61%)attempts 16–21goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Benning9:51

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Klefbom – Persson11:40

    xG 0.19–0.70 (21%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSaad – Kubalik – Kampf9:41

    xG 0.62–0.18 (78%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Toews – DeBrincat – Caggiula8:34

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Shaw – Strome10:21

    xG 0.54–0.59 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  4. Smith – Carpenter – Nylander7:05

    xG 0.14–0.60 (19%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Gustafsson10:25

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. Keith – Murphy14:25

    xG 0.81–0.60 (57%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Murphy3:04

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 4.9 xGEDM 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #936 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 80% of the time.

CHI winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).