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Wed, Jan 27, 2021·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI05010110050130
NSH05014121021242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:24NSHNick CousinsAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:24CHIRyan CarpenterAssists: Brandon Hagel, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  2. 2. CHI Dominik Kubalik stopped
  3. 3. NSH Matt Duchene scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  5. 5. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  6. 6. CHI Mattias Janmark stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:24NSHDante Fabbro: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:47CHIMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:52CHICarl Soderberg: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 7:46CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:15NSHNick Cousins: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:56NSHViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 5:56NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:02CHIDylan Strome: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINSH
30Shots on goal42
2.6Expected goals3.6
58Shot attempts72
17Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
10Hits18
14Blocked shots18
8Giveaways8
3Takeaways10

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. bestCarpenter – Hagel – Kampf7:11

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Janmark – Suter7:48

    xG 0.12–0.14 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Strome – Kurashev5:01

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Hagel – Kurashev2:42

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Mitchell3:22

    xG 0.39–0.09 (82%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Zadorov – Beaudin7:48

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. de Haan – Murphy10:43

    xG 0.42–0.41 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Sissons – Kunin3:49

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:08

    xG 0.75–0.61 (55%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Sissons – Kunin2:25

    xG 0.06–0.00 (92%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Trenin – Olivier5:30

    xG 0.05–0.06 (43%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Fabbro14:17

    xG 0.96–0.37 (72%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  2. Tinordi – Benning9:58

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Ellis16:45

    xG 0.44–0.68 (39%)attempts 11–18goals 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.

NSH 3.6 xGCHI 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #436 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsCHI wins

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

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