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Tue, Jan 24, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 93% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI161404214
VAN021214313548

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:49CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Caleb Jones, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:02VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:06CHISam LaffertyAssists: Jake McCabe, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:47VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Elias Pettersson, Luke Schenn · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:34VANDakota JoshuaGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Poke, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:08VANSheldon DriesAssists: Conor Garland, J.T. Miller · Between legs, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:34VANBo HorvatENAssists: Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:28CHIJake McCabe: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:31CHISeth Jones: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 10:57VANSheldon Dries: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:57CHIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:17VANLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 1:07CHITaylor Raddysh: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:13CHIMax Domi: Instigator2 min
  8. P2 8:13CHIMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 8:13CHIMax Domi: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 8:13VANDakota Joshua: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 8:02VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 min
  12. P3 16:43VANCurtis Lazar: High sticking2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIVAN
14Shots on goal48
1.6Expected goals4.9
34Shot attempts80
24Faceoffs won22
3Power plays5
30Penalty minutes16
22Hits23
17Blocked shots8
1Giveaways5
4Takeaways4

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. bestBlackwell – Entwistle – Johnson5:30

    xG 0.16–0.01 (97%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Athanasiou – Dickinson4:31

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Kane – Athanasiou – Lafferty2:03

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Lafferty – Philp4:51

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – McCabe2:47

    xG 0.07–0.04 (66%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Murphy9:56

    xG 0.27–0.74 (27%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Mitchell12:52

    xG 0.29–1.05 (22%)attempts 7–21goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko5:52

    xG 0.60–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–2goals 2–1

  2. Horvat – Joshua – Boeser4:39

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Garland – Dries5:33

    xG 0.53–0.12 (81%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  4. Horvat – Boeser – Studnicka6:48

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson14:06

    xG 1.17–0.40 (75%)attempts 26–10goals 1–1

  2. Burroughs – Dermott8:37

    xG 0.62–0.21 (74%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes9:59

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 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.

VAN 4.9 xGCHI 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #437 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 93% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

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

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