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Thu, Mar 2, 2023·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 5, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 90% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21601139536
CHI1111307221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:21DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:54CHICole GuttmanAssists: Tyler Johnson, Jarred Tinordi · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:05DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:26CHISeth JonesUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:45DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Wyatt Johnston · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:35DALEsa LindellENAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.34 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:46DALRoope HintzENAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.79 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:50CHICaleb Jones: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:55DALRoope Hintz: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:00CHIJarred Tinordi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:57CHIConnor Murphy: Holding2 min
  5. P3 14:46DALRoope Hintz: Illegal check to head2 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
36Shots on goal21
5.2Expected goals2.1
71Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits26
16Blocked shots18
5Giveaways16
6Takeaways11

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 – Robertson9:50

    xG 0.81–0.21 (80%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Faksa – Olofsson – Karlstrom8:34

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston10:07

    xG 0.56–0.58 (49%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  4. Seguin – Marchment – Dellandrea9:23

    xG 0.10–0.33 (24%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Hakanpää2:32

    xG 0.41–0.11 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen4:25

    xG 0.39–0.12 (76%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Lundkvist12:50

    xG 0.70–0.43 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Johnson – Raddysh – Guttman11:08

    xG 0.60–0.61 (50%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Dickinson – Seney – Gust9:54

    xG 0.18–0.33 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Athanasiou – Kurashev – Reichel13:40

    xG 0.36–0.67 (35%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  4. Khaira – Anderson – Katchouk9:02

    xG 0.21–0.75 (22%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Jones3:15

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Jones2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Phillips14:03

    xG 0.20–0.53 (27%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

CHI 2.1 xGDAL 5.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 57/100 · #614 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 90% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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