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Sun, Dec 8, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Arizona Coyotes 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI116211017032447
CHI3110905041329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Calvin de Haan · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:40CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:00ARIChristian FischerAssists: Christian Dvorak, Nick Schmaltz · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:55CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Connor Murphy, Jonathan Toews · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:32ARIConor GarlandPPAssists: Carl Soderberg, Nick Schmaltz · Snap, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 8:53ARICarl SoderbergPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. ARI Nick Schmaltz scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  4. 4. ARI Conor Garland scored
  5. 5. CHI Kirby Dach stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:13ARIJason Demers: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:29CHIBrent Seabrook: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:10CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:01CHIDennis Gilbert: Instigator2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:01CHIDennis Gilbert: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 7:01CHIDennis Gilbert: Misconduct10 min
  7. P2 7:01ARIJason Demers: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 17:28CHISlater Koekkoek: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 7:34CHICalvin de Haan: Tripping2 min
  10. OT 2:00ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  11. OT 3:35CHIJonathan Toews: Slashing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICHI
47Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals3.0
71Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won28
6Power plays2
9Penalty minutes27
30Hits35
14Blocked shots14
11Giveaways16
11Takeaways9

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Dvorak – Fischer10:40

    xG 0.78–0.11 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Hinostroza – Keller10:44

    xG 0.27–0.45 (37%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Garland6:43

    xG 0.39–0.62 (38%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Soderberg – Kessel – Crouse9:27

    xG 0.16–0.40 (29%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun16:53

    xG 1.25–0.55 (69%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Oesterle – Lyubushkin12:08

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson12:05

    xG 0.52–0.77 (40%)attempts 13–12goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Carpenter – Dach7:23

    xG 0.47–0.23 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Sikura – Nylander – Kampf7:43

    xG 0.51–0.33 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Saad – Kubalik12:24

    xG 0.68–0.68 (50%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  4. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat16:09

    xG 0.22–0.77 (22%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKoekkoek – Gustafsson2:01

    xG 0.39–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – de Haan13:20

    xG 0.76–0.43 (64%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Murphy – Gustafsson4:29

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 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 xGARI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #353 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 60% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

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

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