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Wed, Feb 9, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI21206212430
EDM01312008141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:44CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:47CHIBrandon HagelGWGAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Kirby Dach · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:03EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Evander Kane, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:08CHIDylan StromePPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Seth Jones · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:36CHIKirby DachAssists: Brandon Hagel, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:15EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:04CHISeth Jones: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:15CHIConnor Murphy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:32EDMEvander Kane: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 14:21CHICaleb Jones: Holding2 min
  6. P3 0:48EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:06CHISam Lafferty: Interference2 min
  8. P3 19:42EDMEvander Kane: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIEDM
30Shots on goal41
3.1Expected goals4.2
42Shot attempts77
16Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
14Hits20
22Blocked shots6
3Giveaways15
2Takeaways2

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. bestDeBrincat – Hagel – Dach9:22

    xG 0.94–0.13 (88%)attempts 15–4goals 2–0

  2. Kane – Kubalik – Strome11:59

    xG 0.94–0.73 (56%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Borgstrom – Slavin9:07

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Entwistle – Kurashev7:27

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Jones14:15

    xG 0.46–0.30 (60%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – Jones14:19

    xG 1.06–0.95 (53%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – McCabe2:03

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – Puljujarvi – McLeod10:55

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid10:11

    xG 0.78–0.58 (58%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Shore – Ryan4:09

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto14:04

    xG 0.48–1.28 (27%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Ceci2:35

    xG 0.16–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Nurse13:13

    xG 0.75–0.65 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Lagesson2:47

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

EDM 4.2 xGCHI 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #970 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsCHI wins

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

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