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Thu, Oct 13, 2022·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Vegas Golden Knights 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 88% of the time.

VGK winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0100809027
VGK09118010137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:44VGKPaul CotterGWGAssists: Zach Whitecloud · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:58VGKBrett Howden: Interference2 min
  2. P2 6:29VGKPaul Cotter: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:13CHISam Lafferty: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 1:10CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:02CHICaleb Jones: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIVGK
27Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals4.5
53Shot attempts74
29Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
41Hits20
22Blocked shots19
9Giveaways11
10Takeaways12

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 – Johnson – Raddysh9:16

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Khaira – Johnson6:47

    xG 0.06–0.21 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Athanasiou – Domi12:48

    xG 0.35–0.66 (35%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Lafferty – Entwistle – Kurashev9:48

    xG 0.14–0.79 (15%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Roos3:37

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Jones2:21

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Roos10:25

    xG 0.13–0.28 (31%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Stephenson – Howden11:56

    xG 1.20–0.26 (82%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Carrier – Kolesar – Roy9:04

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Marchessault – Cotter9:26

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Smith – Eichel8:00

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo14:27

    xG 1.34–0.64 (68%)attempts 22–18goals 0–0

  2. Hague – Whitecloud11:16

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Theodore14:31

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

VGK 4.5 xGCHI 1.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1244 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 88% of the time.

VGK winsCHI wins

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

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