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Sat, Mar 18, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11201418234
ARI071737421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35CHIJujhar KhairaAssists: Jarred Tinordi, Boris Katchouk · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:48ARIBarrett HaytonAssists: Clayton Keller, Juuso Välimäki · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:14CHICaleb JonesPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:00ARIClayton KellerAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Travis Boyd · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:48ARIJuuso VälimäkiGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:21ARIMatias MaccelliENAssists: Jack McBain, J.J. Moser · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:40ARIJuuso Välimäki: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 9:32CHITyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:00ARIMichael Kesselring: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 11:08CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:29ARINick Schmaltz: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:11ARIBarrett Hayton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:10CHIConnor Murphy: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 13:54ARILaurent Dauphin: Tripping2 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 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McBain won the faceoff against Khaira
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIARI
34Shots on goal21
2.1Expected goals2.5
66Shot attempts38
28Faceoffs won17
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
24Hits30
8Blocked shots17
5Giveaways12
5Takeaways5

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. bestJohnson – Dickinson – Raddysh10:33

    xG 0.53–0.12 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. Robinson – Entwistle – Hardman6:17

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Khaira – Anderson – Katchouk8:19

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Athanasiou – Kurashev – Reichel8:45

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTinordi – Murphy12:48

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Zaitsev – Kaiser10:35

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Kaiser2:11

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – McBain – Maccelli9:17

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton12:25

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Kassian – O'Brien – Dauphin6:51

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer7:00

    xG 0.16–0.45 (26%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Moser14:12

    xG 0.50–0.37 (57%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

  2. Välimäki – Soderstrom7:33

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Välimäki – Kesselring8:31

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

ARI 2.5 xGCHI 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #389 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

ARI winsCHI wins

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

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