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Mon, Nov 1, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Ottawa Senators 1, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01306111130
CHI1811538531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:10CHIBrandon HagelAssists: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:09CHIPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Ryan Carpenter, Jonathan Toews · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:27CHIBrandon HagelAssists: Jonathan Toews, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:22CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P3 1:41OTTAlex FormentonAssists: Victor Mete, Tyler Ennis · Snap, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:17CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Dominik Kubalik · Snap, 0.17 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:25CHIIsaak Phillips: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 0:38OTTDrake Batherson: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:48OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:52CHIKirby Dach: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 11:32CHIDylan Strome: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 18:10CHISeth Jones: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:24OTTConnor Brown: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCHI
30Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts55
17Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
37Hits34
16Blocked shots18
14Giveaways14
7Takeaways7

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Paul – Sanford2:00

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Tierney – Formenton8:27

    xG 0.45–0.19 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Shaw – Sanford – Gambrell6:06

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk12:13

    xG 0.55–0.52 (52%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub18:41

    xG 0.85–0.56 (60%)attempts 21–18goals 0–2

  2. Holden – Zaitsev12:38

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Mete12:41

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – Hagel2:16

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Carpenter – Hagel7:28

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. DeBrincat – Kurashev – Hardman5:48

    xG 0.26–0.22 (55%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  4. Kane – Kubalik – Dach10:18

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Gustafsson12:08

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Phillips2:10

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – McCabe4:21

    xG 0.05–0.05 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 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 2.1 xGOTT 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1130 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CHI 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

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

-7
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-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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