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Tue, Feb 9, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Dallas Stars 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 58% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI091801012229
DAL11001301002135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:57DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:04CHIMattias JanmarkPPAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Philipp Kurashev · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:15CHIPius SuterGWGAssists: Brandon Hagel, Kevin Lankinen · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:54DALJason Dickinson: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 12:21DALDenis Gurianov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 15:36CHIPius Suter: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:49DALDenis Gurianov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 6:51CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:19DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
29Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts72
19Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
11Hits25
19Blocked shots13
12Giveaways15
3Takeaways5

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 – DeBrincat – Suter7:56

    xG 0.79–0.28 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Hagel – Kampf3:15

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Strome – Hagel2:11

    xG 0.04–0.01 (79%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat4:59

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Beaudin10:33

    xG 0.55–0.19 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Bowey2:57

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Bowey – Carlsson2:25

    xG 0.02–0.01 (70%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHintz – Gurianov – Robertson7:46

    xG 0.75–0.25 (75%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Benn – Kiviranta12:10

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson2:05

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa8:53

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell17:27

    xG 0.73–0.46 (61%)attempts 26–10goals 1–0

  2. Pysyk – Hanley6:45

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen4:04

    xG 0.03–0.23 (12%)attempts 4–5goals 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 3.0 xGCHI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 30/100 · #573 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 58% 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).