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Sun, Dec 5, 2021·UBS Arena, Elmont

Chicago Blackhawks 3, New York Islanders 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI11004110021326
NYI081719000224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:49CHIBrandon HagelPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Seth Jones · Slap, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:03NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:59CHIDylan StromeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:56NYINoah DobsonAssists: Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Oliver Wahlstrom stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  5. 5. NYI Anthony Beauvillier stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:03NYIScott Mayfield: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:18CHIDylan Strome: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:34CHIRiley Stillman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:25NYIScott Mayfield: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 12:59CHIBrandon Hagel: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:18CHICaleb Jones: Interference2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYI
26Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts52
20Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits24
12Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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. bestStrome – DeBrincat – Dach9:17

    xG 0.75–0.14 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Kubalik – Borgstrom – Johnson6:07

    xG 0.54–0.06 (90%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Khaira – Carpenter – Slavin9:31

    xG 0.21–0.22 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach4:41

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Jones9:42

    xG 1.01–0.62 (62%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Stillman – Mitchell5:04

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Mitchell7:02

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal8:28

    xG 0.43–0.11 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Clutterbuck – Johnston7:19

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Pageau – Bellows4:24

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Beauvillier – Czarnik – Wahlstrom5:35

    xG 0.11–0.50 (18%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech15:50

    xG 1.02–0.19 (84%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Dobson11:22

    xG 0.18–0.29 (37%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Aho9:30

    xG 0.07–1.09 (6%)attempts 3–13goals 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.

NYI 3.1 xGCHI 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #254 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.25 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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 53% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).