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Fri, Oct 29, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 59% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI21001214326
CAR41821007635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:12CHIBrandon HagelAssists: Jonathan Toews, Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:10CARTony DeAngeloAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:21CHIAdam GaudettePPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Erik Gustafsson · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:09CARJordan StaalAssists: Ethan Bear, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P1 13:26CARDerek StepanAssists: Jesper Fast · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P1 18:40CARJesperi KotkaniemiGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Ian Cole · Snap, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P2 3:43CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–5
  8. P2 6:16CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–6
  9. P3 8:08CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Seth Jones, Dominik Kubalik · Snap, 0.13 xG3–6
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 8:55CARBrady Skjei: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:58CHIRyan Carpenter: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:33CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:32CHIIsaak Phillips: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:47CARVincent Trocheck: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 13:29CARMartin Necas: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 15:49CHIAdam Gaudette: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:03CAREthan Bear: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:55CHIReese Johnson: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 3:55CARTony DeAngelo: Fighting5 min · PPG
  11. P3 7:25CHIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:25CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 7:25CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:35CARBrady Skjei: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 17:21CARSteven Lorentz: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICAR
26Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won30
8Power plays3
13Penalty minutes23
35Hits19
10Blocked shots12
9Giveaways11
12Takeaways11

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. bestToews – Carpenter – Hagel4:45

    xG 0.40–0.07 (86%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. DeBrincat – Kurashev – Hardman7:00

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Kubalik – Dach4:19

    xG 0.02–0.10 (14%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Gaudette – Entwistle – Johnson4:19

    xG 0.18–0.35 (34%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Phillips3:11

    xG 0.38–0.33 (54%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  2. de Haan – Jones9:10

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Gustafsson – Jones3:53

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Martinook – Lorentz8:20

    xG 0.44–0.08 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Trocheck – Necas – Svechnikov7:49

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast7:52

    xG 0.08–0.21 (28%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Kotkaniemi8:20

    xG 0.17–0.38 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Bear11:36

    xG 0.65–0.13 (83%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Cole – DeAngelo7:28

    xG 0.54–0.51 (52%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce14:36

    xG 0.29–0.72 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

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.

CAR 2.6 xGCHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #519 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 59% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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