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Thu, Jan 6, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Arizona Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI013212211436
ARI2811038626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16ARIDysin MayoAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:06ARIJohan LarssonAssists: J.J. Moser, Shayne Gostisbehere · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:01CHIKirby DachAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:24CHIMacKenzie EntwistleAssists: Jonathan Toews, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:56ARITravis BoydPPAssists: Andrew Ladd, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:10ARIClayton KellerAssists: Travis Boyd · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 4:01ARIJohan LarssonPPGWGAssists: Travis Boyd, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P3 6:29CHIJake McCabeAssists: Riley Stillman, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–5
  9. P3 13:21CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Dylan Strome, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.22 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:31ARIJohan LarssonENAssists: Lawson Crouse, Clayton Keller · Backhand, 0.72 xG4–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:18ARIClayton Keller: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 16:27ARIAndrew Ladd: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:26CHIHenrik Borgstrom: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:47CHIConnor Murphy: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:38CHIKirby Dach: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 14:11ARILawson Crouse: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 16:52CHIRiley Stillman: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:10CHIDylan Strome: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:49ARIJohan Larsson: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 12:54ARIAnton Stralman: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyd won the faceoff against Borgstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIARI
36Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals3.5
67Shot attempts46
33Faceoffs won33
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
27Hits17
8Blocked shots17
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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. bestEntwistle – Kurashev – Dach8:37

    xG 0.61–0.06 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  2. Khaira – Carpenter – Strome3:56

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  3. Toews – Kane – DeBrincat3:58

    xG 0.06–0.03 (64%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Kubalik – Borgstrom2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Murphy10:57

    xG 1.39–0.45 (75%)attempts 18–10goals 2–1

  2. Jones – Jones5:28

    xG 0.07–0.05 (62%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Stillman3:25

    xG 0.02–0.08 (21%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Larsson – Crouse9:31

    xG 0.59–0.29 (67%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  2. Ladd – Boyd – Keller3:38

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Galchenyuk – O'Brien – Schmaltz2:56

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton6:24

    xG 0.73–0.76 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDineen – Lyubushkin12:18

    xG 0.31–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Mayo13:01

    xG 0.65–0.94 (41%)attempts 14–15goals 1–2

  3. Stralman – Moser13:13

    xG 0.16–0.66 (20%)attempts 6–20goals 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.

ARI 3.5 xGCHI 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #166 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ARI 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, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

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

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