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Sun, Feb 16, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11011409233
WPG01421519338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:44CHIRyan CarpenterAssists: Patrick Kane, Olli Maatta · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:38WPGMason AppletonAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Jansen Harkins · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:37WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Mason Appleton · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:07CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews, Dominik Kubalik · Slap, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:36WPGNathan BeaulieuGWGAssists: Patrik Laine, Dmitry Kulikov · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3

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 Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
33Shots on goal38
3.1Expected goals3.1
60Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won26
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
15Hits21
16Blocked shots12
13Giveaways19
8Takeaways5

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 – Kane – Kubalik6:20

    xG 0.66–0.33 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  2. Kane – Saad – Carpenter8:30

    xG 0.64–0.42 (61%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  3. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach2:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Saad – Carpenter – Nylander3:53

    xG 0.01–0.01 (31%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson9:10

    xG 0.76–0.23 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Maatta3:31

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Murphy2:42

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHarkins – Roslovic – Appleton12:06

    xG 1.15–0.38 (75%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Copp – Connor – Laine4:28

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Bourque – Shore – Chibisov6:09

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Connor – Laine11:54

    xG 0.61–0.55 (52%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Pionk16:54

    xG 0.92–0.65 (59%)attempts 19–12goals 1–1

  2. Kulikov – Morrissey2:03

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Beaulieu14:26

    xG 0.93–0.83 (53%)attempts 11–22goals 2–0

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 3.1 xGCHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #629 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 51% 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).