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Thu, Apr 6, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01108014033
VAN1811219329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:16VANAndrei KuzmenkoGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson, Akito Hirose · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:53VANVitali KravtsovPPAssists: Conor Garland, Akito Hirose · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:35VANJ.T. MillerENAssists: Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.47 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:23VANEthan Bear: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:06CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:06VANNils Aman: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 17:34CHIBoris Katchouk: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:45CHIJujhar Khaira: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:00CHIAndreas Athanasiou: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 13:00VANQuinn Hughes: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:00VANQuinn Hughes: Roughing2 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 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIVAN
33Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
35Hits42
8Blocked shots12
3Giveaways7
3Takeaways7

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 – Raddysh10:18

    xG 1.16–0.08 (93%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Toews – Athanasiou – Reichel9:45

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Khaira – Anderson – Katchouk8:01

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Bjork – Entwistle – Johnson7:29

    xG 0.15–0.53 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Jones16:10

    xG 1.31–0.14 (90%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Vlasic13:00

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Mitchell2:42

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

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Joshua – Garland – Aman8:23

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:52

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Studnicka – Dries – Kravtsov5:44

    xG 0.06–0.44 (13%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko10:47

    xG 0.07–0.90 (8%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burroughs – Hughes12:19

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Bear – McWard9:04

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Bear – Hughes2:08

    xG 0.02–0.29 (7%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

VAN 3.0 xGCHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #1262 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 51% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

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

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