Thu, Oct 21, 2021·United Center, Chicago
Vancouver Canucks 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 19 | 28 | 18 | 425 |
| CHI | 112 | 09 | 09 | 130 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 6:36VANJason DickinsonAssists: Matthew Highmore, Nils Hoglander · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
- P1 8:26CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
- P2 9:55VANTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
- P2 18:21VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–1
- P3 18:58VANConor GarlandENAssists: Tucker Poolman, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.79 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
- P1 4:01CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min
- P1 6:47VANKyle Burroughs: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P1 10:09VANMatthew Highmore: Tripping2 min
- P1 16:14VANKyle Burroughs: Fighting5 min
- P1 16:14CHIRiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
- P2 2:10VANJason Dickinson: Boarding2 min
- P2 17:37CHIDylan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P2 17:49CHIConnor Murphy: Slashing2 min
- P3 7:51CHIDominik Kubalik: Tripping2 min
- P3 16:50VANConor Garland: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Toews
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestPearson – Horvat – Garland11:11
xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0
- Chiasson – Dowling – Lammikko2:35
xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0
- Dickinson – Highmore – Hoglander9:20
xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0
- Miller – Boeser – Pettersson12:43
xG 0.33–0.96 (25%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Myers – Ekman-Larsson13:46
xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0
- Burroughs – Hughes3:12
xG 0.04–0.05 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Poolman – Rathbone3:28
xG 0.04–0.18 (20%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
Chicago Blackhawks
Forward lines
- bestStrome – DeBrincat – Borgstrom4:09
xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0
- Kubalik – Hagel – Dach3:18
xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0
- Kane – Hagel – Dach7:36
xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1
- Khaira – Carpenter – Entwistle2:46
xG 0.04–0.03 (55%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMurphy – McCabe9:40
xG 0.78–0.18 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- McCabe – Jones4:03
xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0
- Gustafsson – Jones3:01
xG 0.17–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CHI − VAN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).