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Fri, Feb 21, 2020·United Center, Chicago

Nashville Predators 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH01012001003143
CHI0120911611238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:56NSHMattias EkholmAssists: Rocco Grimaldi, Colin Blackwell · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:05CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:02CHIAlex DeBrincatGWGAssists: Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:47NSHMatt Duchene: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:56CHISlater Koekkoek: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:14NSHFilip Forsberg: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 18:07NSHViktor Arvidsson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 12:25CHIDuncan Keith: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:27CHISlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:14CHIDuncan Keith: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 5:56CHISlater Koekkoek: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:27NSHRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 7:38NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHCHI
43Shots on goal38
5.3Expected goals6.1
65Shot attempts71
27Faceoffs won24
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
32Hits29
17Blocked shots12
8Giveaways11
5Takeaways11

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Smith – Grimaldi9:33

    xG 1.80–0.74 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Jarnkrok – Granlund6:28

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Blackwell – Sissons5:44

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson10:22

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Tinordi14:40

    xG 1.76–1.00 (64%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Fabbro9:14

    xG 0.77–0.20 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis15:24

    xG 0.85–1.01 (46%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – Kubalik2:46

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  2. Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula9:17

    xG 0.98–0.94 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Highmore – Nylander – Kampf5:59

    xG 0.45–0.61 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Strome – DeBrincat – Dach8:18

    xG 0.26–0.55 (33%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Murphy2:59

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Maatta4:49

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Koekkoek2:35

    xG 0.00–0.06 (6%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CHI 6.1 xGNSH 5.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #586 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsNSH wins

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

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