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Fri, Jan 6, 2023·United Center, Chicago

Arizona Coyotes 0, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 80% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI050809022
CHI01211416232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:55CHIJake McCabeGWGAssists: Seth Jones, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:14CHITyler JohnsonENAssists: Jonathan Toews, Sam Lafferty · Wrist, 0.56 xG0–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:48ARIJ.J. Moser: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:25ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 10:17CHISam Lafferty: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICHI
22Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals3.4
40Shot attempts61
15Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
19Hits21
13Blocked shots12
5Giveaways4
6Takeaways12

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Carcone13:10

    xG 0.68–0.39 (63%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Boyd – Crouse2:28

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

  3. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller2:20

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton10:14

    xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – Välimäki7:03

    xG 0.25–0.05 (84%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Moser3:25

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Moser4:18

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDomi – Kurashev – Reichel10:50

    xG 0.84–0.25 (77%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Lafferty – Johnson7:19

    xG 0.23–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Dickinson – Seney10:50

    xG 0.40–0.23 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Johnson – Raddysh11:58

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Jones18:13

    xG 1.24–0.87 (59%)attempts 26–19goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Mitchell13:16

    xG 0.53–0.28 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Murphy15:39

    xG 0.40–0.39 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 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.

CHI 3.4 xGARI 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1264 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 80% of the time.

CHI winsARI wins

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

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