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Sun, Feb 9, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 75% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI2901007226
WPG010112414536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:15CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Drake Caggiula, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:58CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Patrick Kane, Nick Seeler · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:44WPGKyle ConnorSHAssists: Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.45 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:04WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Connor Hellebuyck · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:27WPGAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Jack Roslovic, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:37WPGPatrik LaineENAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.56 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:40WPGKyle ConnorENAssists: Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:40CHIConnor Murphy: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:44CHINick Seeler: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:46WPGSami Niku: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:50WPGNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:50CHINick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:26WPGAnthony Bitetto: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 6:27CHIKirby Dach: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 14:17WPGNeal Pionk: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 4:39CHISlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  10. P3 8:48CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 16:08CHIJonathan Toews: Interference2 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
26Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals4.3
58Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won22
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
16Hits24
15Blocked shots13
9Giveaways7
6Takeaways8

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 – Kubalik – Caggiula9:35

    xG 0.82–0.32 (72%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Carpenter – Highmore7:09

    xG 0.32–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Saad – Dach9:15

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Strome – DeBrincat – Kampf5:38

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson13:49

    xG 1.08–0.34 (76%)attempts 19–12goals 1–1

  2. Seeler – Murphy11:00

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Maatta – Koekkoek10:05

    xG 0.22–0.23 (48%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Wheeler – Ehlers – Appleton8:25

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Harkins – Roslovic10:06

    xG 0.33–0.44 (43%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  3. Bourque – Shaw – Shore3:19

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Laine13:27

    xG 0.40–0.92 (30%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Beaulieu2:53

    xG 0.12–0.02 (86%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Morrissey2:26

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Bitetto – Niku2:00

    xG 0.04–0.08 (35%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

WPG 4.3 xGCHI 2.7 xG
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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 74/100 · #289 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 75% 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).