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Sat, Mar 19, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 96% of the time.

MIN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI070718122
MIN111012211334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:36MINFrederick GaudreauAssists: Kevin Fiala, Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:57CHISeth JonesAssists: Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:47MINRyan HartmanGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:53MINJordan GreenwayENAssists: Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:40MINJordan Greenway: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:00MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 7:00CHIPatrick Kane: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:12CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:41MINKevin Fiala: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:07CHIRyan Carpenter: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:53CHICalvin de Haan: Holding2 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lafferty won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIMIN
22Shots on goal34
1.3Expected goals4.9
38Shot attempts68
35Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits15
17Blocked shots13
7Giveaways4
2Takeaways7

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. Toews – Kane – Dach2:20

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Carpenter – Katchouk – Entwistle4:09

    xG 0.13–0.10 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat10:18

    xG 0.18–0.27 (41%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

  4. Lafferty – Katchouk – Raddysh2:36

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gustafsson – Jones6:33

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 1–2

  2. Jones – Vlasic5:59

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Stillman9:09

    xG 0.12–0.57 (18%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov10:37

    xG 0.95–0.23 (81%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy8:14

    xG 0.48–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek11:22

    xG 0.21–0.05 (79%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  4. Jost – Duhaime – Dewar7:02

    xG 0.11–0.02 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba18:01

    xG 1.08–0.27 (80%)attempts 21–11goals 0–1

  2. Kulikov – Merrill13:17

    xG 0.60–0.23 (72%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Spurgeon9:55

    xG 0.48–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

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.

MIN 4.9 xGCHI 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #839 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 96% of the time.

MIN winsCHI wins

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

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