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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 89% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI060806020
NSH119121111351

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:56NSHNick BoninoGWGAssists: Rocco Grimaldi, Craig Smith · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:03NSHNick BoninoAssists: Rocco Grimaldi, Dante Fabbro · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:40NSHNick BoninoAssists: Rocco Grimaldi, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:54NSHMikael Granlund: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 0:37NSHDante Fabbro: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:06CHIDuncan Keith: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:50CHISlater Koekkoek: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:04CHISlater Koekkoek: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 11:36CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:36CHIPatrick Kane: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 12:32NSHRyan Johansen: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carpenter won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINSH
20Shots on goal51
1.3Expected goals4.1
41Shot attempts87
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
19Hits11
24Blocked shots9
6Giveaways16
3Takeaways8

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. Shaw – Saad – Dach2:55

    xG 0.03–0.01 (74%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat3:19

    xG 0.10–0.27 (27%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Caggiula4:36

    xG 0.02–0.22 (9%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Nylander – Kampf3:01

    xG 0.03–0.29 (8%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson2:55

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Maatta2:14

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Keith – de Haan12:53

    xG 0.33–0.77 (30%)attempts 6–24goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Smith – Grimaldi7:40

    xG 1.22–0.11 (92%)attempts 24–2goals 3–0

  2. Turris – Duchene – Granlund11:27

    xG 0.67–0.41 (62%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson11:23

    xG 0.56–0.32 (63%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Salomaki – Sissons9:35

    xG 0.25–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis14:48

    xG 1.15–0.40 (74%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Irwin8:27

    xG 0.73–0.09 (89%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Ekholm – Fabbro15:04

    xG 0.86–0.24 (78%)attempts 25–8goals 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.

NSH 4.1 xGCHI 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1041 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 89% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

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

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