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Tue, Feb 11, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI212111018341
EDM21321315531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13EDMRiley SheahanAssists: Zack Kassian, Josh Archibald · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:56CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Patrick Kane, Connor Murphy · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:19CHIJonathan ToewsSHAssists: Ryan Carpenter, Olli Maatta · Slap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:18EDMKailer YamamotoPPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.38 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:45CHIAdam BoqvistAssists: Patrick Kane, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 3:38EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. P2 4:50EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Mike Smith · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:57EDMLeon DraisaitlENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.62 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:13CHIAlex DeBrincat: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 16:19CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:58CHIZack Smith: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:07EDMRiley Sheahan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:12EDMOscar Klefbom: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:12EDMRiley Sheahan: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIEDM
41Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals3.6
64Shot attempts44
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits25
8Blocked shots11
11Giveaways12
8Takeaways12

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 – Dach8:22

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  2. Smith – Carpenter – Highmore3:08

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula6:56

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Carpenter – Caggiula2:31

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Koekkoek12:07

    xG 0.25–0.30 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Gustafsson16:28

    xG 0.68–0.84 (45%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  3. Keith – Boqvist13:48

    xG 0.34–0.64 (35%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Sheahan – Archibald11:16

    xG 0.78–0.24 (76%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto13:45

    xG 0.65–0.56 (54%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Khaira – Cave – Russell7:57

    xG 0.09–0.16 (36%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Chiasson – Haas7:27

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom17:17

    xG 0.94–0.42 (69%)attempts 11–19goals 2–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse2:23

    xG 0.05–0.01 (85%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Jones9:01

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

EDM 3.6 xGCHI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #280 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

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

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