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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 59% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI012191811330
OTT212050500222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:33OTTConnor BrownAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:21OTTChris TierneyAssists: Thomas Chabot, Connor Brown · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:20CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:41CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Jonathan Toews, Slater Koekkoek · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:42CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:11CHIDominik Kubalik: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 15:03OTTMark Borowiecki: Elbowing2 min
  3. P1 17:48CHISlater Koekkoek: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIOTT
30Shots on goal22
2.6Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts40
31Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits36
13Blocked shots18
11Giveaways12
6Takeaways5

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. bestToews – Kane – Kubalik10:01

    xG 0.75–0.04 (95%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Smith – Sikura – Highmore6:31

    xG 0.34–0.06 (85%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula4:43

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Nylander – Caggiula4:19

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy3:11

    xG 0.36–0.04 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Koekkoek15:02

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Boqvist16:45

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Namestnikov – Balcers3:09

    xG 0.44–0.02 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – White – Chlapik5:12

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Chlapik – Batherson5:14

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – White – Balcers2:52

    xG 0.02–0.11 (12%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Reilly13:18

    xG 0.64–0.42 (61%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Zaitsev13:50

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Chabot19:30

    xG 0.59–1.22 (32%)attempts 10–22goals 1–1

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.

OTT 2.2 xGCHI 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #424 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 59% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

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

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