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Wed, Feb 12, 2020·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 81% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI017016016049
VAN171815320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:33VANBo HorvatPPGWGAssists: Brandon Sutter, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:25VANAdam GaudetteAssists: Antoine Roussel, Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:51VANBrandon SutterENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.47 xG0–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:21VANTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:58CHIDylan Strome: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:27VANZack MacEwen: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:31VANBrandon Sutter: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 10:44VANTanner Pearson: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:44CHIDrake Caggiula: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:32CHIKirby Dach: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:28VANAdam Gaudette: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 1:28CHIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 1:28VANAdam Gaudette: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 5:39CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 12:07VANTyler Myers: 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 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIVAN
49Shots on goal20
4.6Expected goals2.5
78Shot attempts37
26Faceoffs won33
5Power plays3
16Penalty minutes20
14Hits20
9Blocked shots16
4Giveaways10
1Takeaways9

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 – Carpenter6:46

    xG 0.66–0.15 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula5:48

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Nylander – Kampf3:35

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – Kubalik3:15

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Boqvist14:34

    xG 1.26–0.35 (78%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Gustafsson13:23

    xG 0.94–0.65 (59%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Koekkoek10:54

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Beagle – Bailey2:09

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette5:20

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson8:05

    xG 0.36–0.53 (40%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – MacEwen3:48

    xG 0.01–0.19 (4%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Myers2:28

    xG 0.01–0.04 (18%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Benn10:21

    xG 0.73–0.82 (47%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Stecher13:05

    xG 0.24–0.92 (21%)attempts 6–25goals 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.

VAN 2.5 xGCHI 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1026 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 81% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

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

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