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Wed, Feb 22, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0831015423
DAL21217013332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:58DALTyler SeguinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:17DALJamie BennAssists: Denis Gurianov · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:33DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:10CHIMax DomiPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:24CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Max Domi · Snap, 0.24 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:05CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:13CHIMax DomiGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:11CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:27CHIJake McCabe: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:44CHIBrett Seney: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:27DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:51DALRoope Hintz: Slashing2 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 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
23Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits13
22Blocked shots11
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways4

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. bestKane – Domi – Kurashev11:11

    xG 0.65–0.30 (68%)attempts 9–9goals 3–1

  2. Athanasiou – Dickinson – Lafferty10:30

    xG 0.84–0.74 (53%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  3. Blackwell – Seney – Katchouk7:44

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Raddysh – Guttman11:16

    xG 0.06–0.29 (17%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Jones15:33

    xG 0.77–0.47 (62%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Phillips13:58

    xG 0.60–0.31 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Murphy2:39

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:55

    xG 0.45–0.35 (57%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment2:25

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston2:59

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 7–1goals 0–1

  4. Benn – Gurianov – Johnston6:55

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen10:45

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 17–10goals 1–2

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell13:25

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Heiskanen – Lundkvist5:52

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 10–2goals 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.

DAL 2.9 xGCHI 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #247 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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