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Sat, Jan 18, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 50% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI310311013634
TOR011212010233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:21CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:32CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Alex Nylander · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:02CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Ryan Carpenter · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:25TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 3:19CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Drake Caggiula, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–1
  6. P2 10:58CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Jonathan Toews, Slater Koekkoek · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–1
  7. P2 15:17TORAlexander KerfootAssists: Pierre Engvall, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P2 17:42CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.07 xG6–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:48CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:15CHIConnor Murphy: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 19:18TORKasperi Kapanen: 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 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
34Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.1
55Shot attempts63
18Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
33Hits14
13Blocked shots10
13Giveaways13
13Takeaways9

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 – Saad – Carpenter14:04

    xG 0.84–0.17 (83%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula10:40

    xG 0.49–0.56 (47%)attempts 13–10goals 3–1

  3. Smith – Highmore – Nylander10:56

    xG 0.16–0.62 (20%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. DeBrincat – Kampf – Dach10:19

    xG 0.26–1.21 (17%)attempts 6–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Koekkoek17:45

    xG 0.95–0.78 (55%)attempts 20–16goals 2–0

  2. Murphy – Gustafsson18:39

    xG 0.83–0.67 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Boqvist16:19

    xG 0.83–1.24 (40%)attempts 15–29goals 2–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews9:08

    xG 0.84–0.52 (62%)attempts 18–11goals 0–3

  2. Tavares – Johnsson – Nylander8:03

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Spezza – Nylander – Brooks4:23

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Engvall – Brooks2:31

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Marincin5:47

    xG 1.16–0.47 (71%)attempts 20–7goals 0–2

  2. Liljegren – Sandin7:53

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Sandin5:13

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

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.

TOR 3.1 xGCHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #675 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 50% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).