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Tue, Nov 26, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 0, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0901409032
CHI112011215338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Alex Nylander · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:42CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:20CHIConnor MurphyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 16:15CHIRyan Carpenter: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 6:32CHIAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 9:49DALAlexander Radulov: High sticking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
32Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts60
31Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
38Hits32
17Blocked shots18
10Giveaways16
8Takeaways10

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Cogliano – Faksa10:03

    xG 0.97–0.08 (92%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Radulov – Dickinson6:54

    xG 0.27–0.12 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Janmark – Gurianov4:14

    xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin2:26

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Oleksiak2:44

    xG 0.45–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Heiskanen3:24

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Fedun10:09

    xG 0.86–0.71 (55%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Carpenter – Highmore7:10

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Shaw – Kubalik – Kampf10:26

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Saad – Nylander10:16

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Smith – Carpenter2:18

    xG 0.05–0.19 (22%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Maatta14:15

    xG 0.82–0.71 (54%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Murphy2:38

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Gustafsson16:05

    xG 0.78–0.98 (44%)attempts 20–18goals 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.

CHI 3.0 xGDAL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1056 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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