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Tue, Jan 21, 2020·United Center, Chicago

Florida Panthers 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0741306426
CHI06114215335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:43FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Mike Matheson · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:14FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Dominic Toninato, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:04FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:33CHIKirby DachAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Slater Koekkoek · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:23FLAFrank VatranoPPGWGAssists: Mike Hoffman, Jonathan Huberdeau · Deflected, 0.30 xG4–1
  6. P3 4:00CHIDrake CaggiulaPPAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Duncan Keith · Tip-in, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:45CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Kirby Dach, Erik Gustafsson · Slap, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:01CHIAdam Boqvist: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 7:54FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 18:23CHIAlex DeBrincat: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:04FLAKeith Yandle: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:08FLANoel Acciari: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:59FLAMike Hoffman: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 19:28CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACHI
26Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals4.2
51Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits19
17Blocked shots19
8Giveaways11
7Takeaways8

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Toninato – Vatrano8:01

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov10:41

    xG 0.51–0.63 (45%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari11:08

    xG 0.38–1.29 (23%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Matheson – Ekblad12:50

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Brown8:20

    xG 0.17–0.70 (20%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  3. Stralman – Stillman13:19

    xG 0.69–1.23 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrincat – Kampf – Dach5:24

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  2. Kane – Saad – Carpenter8:41

    xG 0.95–0.62 (61%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula7:41

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – Kubalik2:21

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Boqvist13:36

    xG 1.02–0.57 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Koekkoek12:00

    xG 0.68–0.28 (71%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  3. Keith – Gustafsson2:51

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

CHI 4.2 xGFLA 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #340 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 77% of the time.

CHI winsFLA wins

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

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