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Sun, Nov 28, 2021·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0411513222
CHI0110909029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:39SJSTimo MeierGWGAssists: Rudolfs Balcers, Logan Couture · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:29SJSTimo MeierENAssists: Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:04CHIErik Gustafsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 16:20SJSAlexander Barabanov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 7:57SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
22Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts76
25Faceoffs won22
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
32Hits25
32Blocked shots18
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways15

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Bonino – Gregor9:17

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Meier – Dahlen11:21

    xG 0.50–0.35 (58%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Nieto – Labanc – Weatherby6:40

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov12:18

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Ferraro18:58

    xG 0.49–0.52 (49%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Middleton15:15

    xG 0.46–0.51 (48%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Simek12:50

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKhaira – Kubalik – Borgstrom9:38

    xG 0.75–0.13 (85%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Hagel12:57

    xG 0.61–0.16 (79%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. DeBrincat – Kurashev – Dach12:18

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach2:03

    xG 0.05–0.09 (37%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – McCabe11:10

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Jones7:59

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Gustafsson – Jones8:39

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 14–4goals 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 2.6 xGSJS 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1218 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 60% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

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