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Wed, Nov 17, 2021·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Seattle Kraken 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

SEA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI181625419
SEA03016214233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:03CHISeth JonesAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:01CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Kirby Dach · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:36CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:15SEAJared McCannPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:11SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:34CHIJake McCabeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.49 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P3 1:20SEAVince Dunn: Roughing2 min
  2. P3 2:49SEAYanni Gourde: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 2:49CHIAlex DeBrincat: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 2:49CHISeth Jones: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 12:38CHIKirby Dach: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0SEA
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carpenter won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISEA
19Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals2.5
33Shot attempts67
19Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
20Hits29
22Blocked shots8
3Giveaways11
6Takeaways5

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. bestKane – DeBrincat – Dach12:53

    xG 0.81–0.38 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Carpenter – Kurashev – Johnson9:04

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Strome – Borgstrom3:30

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Khaira – Kubalik10:30

    xG 0.09–0.54 (15%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Jones12:43

    xG 0.62–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Jones4:26

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Gustafsson – Stillman10:02

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Jarnkrok – McCann9:33

    xG 0.49–0.22 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Gourde – Donato – Tanev3:23

    xG 0.15–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Donskoi – Donato – Geekie6:08

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Gourde – Tanev9:40

    xG 0.02–0.20 (8%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn17:13

    xG 0.26–0.19 (57%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Giordano – Dunn2:00

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Lauzon13:51

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

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.

SEA 2.5 xGCHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #558 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

SEA winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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