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Mon, May 10, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 81% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL11411621713550
CHI25151805423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Pius Suter · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:22CHIPius SuterAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:30DALJoe PavelskiAssists: John Klingberg, Joel Hanley · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:28CHIDylan StromeAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:58DALMiro HeiskanenPPAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:18CHIVinnie HinostrozaAssists: David Kampf, Mike Hardman · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:24DALJoel KivirantaAssists: Denis Gurianov, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:18DALJason DickinsonAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:30DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.27 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 4:47DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 19:54CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:31CHIWyatt Kalynuk: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 4:55DALJustin Dowling: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 12:52CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:39DALRadek Faksa: High sticking double minor4 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Kurashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
50Shots on goal23
4.5Expected goals2.4
82Shot attempts45
26Faceoffs won20
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
36Hits35
13Blocked shots19
9Giveaways11
13Takeaways12

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Cogliano – Benn8:53

    xG 1.00–0.03 (97%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Dickinson – Robertson12:07

    xG 0.75–0.23 (76%)attempts 17–6goals 2–2

  3. Faksa – Gurianov – Kiviranta7:27

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Oleksiak13:55

    xG 1.40–0.22 (86%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Hanley6:17

    xG 0.22–0.11 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen15:12

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 1–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Kane – DeBrincat – Suter2:35

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  2. Strome – DeBrincat – Suter2:21

    xG 0.13–0.18 (41%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Kane – Strome – Suter2:08

    xG 0.08–0.18 (32%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Kampf4:03

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Zadorov2:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Kalynuk2:13

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Stillman – Mitchell2:02

    xG 0.01–0.07 (11%)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 2.4 xGDAL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #55 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 81% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
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+7

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