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Sun, Feb 23, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 71% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01011309132
DAL112110011233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:20DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Alexander Radulov, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:06CHIDominik KubalikPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:29DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:10DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:06DALRadek Faksa: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:10CHIJonathan Toews: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:00DALRoope Hintz: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:46DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:36DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:00CHIDuncan Keith: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
32Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won24
5Power plays0
2Penalty minutes10
20Hits26
9Blocked shots16
12Giveaways14
2Takeaways18

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. bestSaad – Strome – Dach2:08

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Kubalik3:59

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Highmore – Nylander – Kampf8:18

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Kane – Saad – Carpenter8:25

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Maatta5:31

    xG 0.37–0.33 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Boqvist3:17

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Carlsson13:24

    xG 0.17–0.46 (27%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Radulov – Janmark10:16

    xG 0.83–0.17 (83%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:22

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov4:42

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Hintz – Gurianov2:29

    xG 0.30–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohns – Heiskanen15:51

    xG 0.93–0.33 (74%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Oleksiak7:03

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Oleksiak8:48

    xG 0.60–0.25 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 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.

DAL 3.2 xGCHI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #903 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 71% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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