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Sun, Apr 10, 2022·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 6, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL210310110630
CHI213112115440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:14DALJamie BennPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:09CHIPhilipp KurashevAssists: Patrick Kane · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:24CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Kirby Dach · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:45DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:47DALRoope HintzAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 9:11CHIBoris KatchoukAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Reese Johnson · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P2 11:13DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–3
  8. P2 14:32DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Roope Hintz, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:25DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Miro Heiskanen · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG6–3
  10. P3 17:03CHIKirby DachAssists: Sam Lafferty, MacKenzie Entwistle · Wrist, 0.08 xG6–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:15CHIRiley Stillman: Kneeing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:47DALRadek Faksa: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:13CHIAlex DeBrincat: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:54DALRoope Hintz: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
30Shots on goal40
3.3Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
27Hits23
13Blocked shots16
9Giveaways13
10Takeaways6

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:58

    xG 0.91–0.67 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 3–0

  2. Seguin – Namestnikov – Glendening8:19

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Faksa – Peterson7:03

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

  4. Benn – Raffl – Gurianov7:19

    xG 0.28–0.56 (33%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen18:10

    xG 0.93–0.28 (77%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell11:50

    xG 0.78–0.63 (55%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell2:33

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestLafferty – Dach – Reichel5:42

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  2. Strome – DeBrincat – Reichel2:28

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Strome – DeBrincat – Raddysh10:34

    xG 0.27–0.21 (57%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Katchouk – Entwistle – Johnson7:52

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Vlasic2:48

    xG 0.23–0.14 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – Jones4:38

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – McCabe3:09

    xG 0.17–0.22 (45%)attempts 4–3goals 1–1

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.

CHI 2.5 xGDAL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #232 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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