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Thu, Mar 11, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI143408416
DAL0150728230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:26CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Brandon Hagel, David Kampf · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:53CHICarl SoderbergPPAssists: Adam Boqvist, Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:37CHIDuncan KeithGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:10CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Adam Boqvist · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–0
  5. P3 9:43DALRoope HintzAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:41DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Jake Oettinger · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:33CHIDominik Kubalik: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:42DALMark Pysyk: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:48CHIDavid Kampf: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:25DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:38DALJoel Kiviranta: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 7:42DALJason Robertson: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:41DALMiro Heiskanen: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:10CHILucas Wallmark: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 18:35CHIDavid Kampf: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 5:25CHIAdam Boqvist: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Soderberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
16Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals2.5
37Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
15Hits25
20Blocked shots11
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways9

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 – Wallmark – Highmore3:34

    xG 0.53–0.12 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  2. Kubalik – Hagel – Kampf6:16

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 2–8goals 1–0

  3. Soderberg – Janmark – Kurashev5:39

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Suter11:17

    xG 0.23–0.53 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Beaudin11:18

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Boqvist9:20

    xG 0.38–0.56 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 2–2

  3. de Haan – Murphy12:08

    xG 0.11–0.38 (23%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Cogliano – Dickinson3:34

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Benn – Gurianov5:13

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa2:37

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  4. Hintz – Robertson – Kiviranta6:38

    xG 0.22–0.21 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen7:57

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell11:33

    xG 0.45–0.38 (54%)attempts 13–7goals 0–2

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak4:24

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

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 2.5 xGCHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #340 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 52% 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).