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Thu, Dec 19, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 57% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11203317432
WPG01601417137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:59CHIAlex NylanderAssists: Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 0:37CHIDominik KubalikGWGAssists: Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:09WPGTucker PoolmanAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:58CHIErik GustafssonPPAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:39CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Alex Nylander, Adam Boqvist · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:08CHIDominik Kubalik: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 5:29CHIDennis Gilbert: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:58WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 9:49WPGJoona Luoto: Too many men on the ice2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wheeler won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
32Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
8Hits29
19Blocked shots9
8Giveaways12
7Takeaways7

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. bestKane – Strome – Nylander7:32

    xG 0.65–0.15 (81%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  2. Toews – Saad – Kubalik6:06

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Carpenter – Dach3:36

    xG 0.05–0.09 (35%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat2:29

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Boqvist13:23

    xG 0.75–0.23 (77%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Murphy3:18

    xG 0.42–0.05 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Gilbert13:26

    xG 0.41–0.30 (57%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestBourque – Lowry – Appleton8:30

    xG 0.47–0.16 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Shaw – Shore – Luoto4:48

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic14:41

    xG 0.24–0.56 (30%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Laine15:16

    xG 0.54–1.45 (27%)attempts 16–24goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestBitetto – Beaulieu13:29

    xG 0.62–0.27 (70%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Poolman – Morrissey16:20

    xG 0.48–0.72 (40%)attempts 17–15goals 1–2

  3. Sbisa – Pionk20:26

    xG 0.46–1.19 (28%)attempts 22–17goals 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.

WPG 2.2 xGCHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #798 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 57% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

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

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