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Fri, Dec 29, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Dallas Stars 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 78% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI280721400429
DAL1122161413535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:56CHITyler JohnsonAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:56CHICole GuttmanAssists: Lukas Reichel, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:49DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:03DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Nils Lundkvist, Thomas Harley · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:23DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:10DALJamie BennAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:58CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Cole Guttman, Alex Vlasic · Slap, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:24CHITyler JohnsonPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Kevin Korchinski · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:52DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.21 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:33CHIJarred Tinordi: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:28CHITyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:06DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:33CHIAnthony Beauvillier: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 6:56DALJoe Pavelski: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 16:59DALEvgenii Dadonov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
29Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals4.4
62Shot attempts78
24Faceoffs won42
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits13
23Blocked shots14
10Giveaways15
9Takeaways7

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 – Beauvillier3:41

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Blackwell – Donato3:04

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard9:41

    xG 0.47–0.64 (42%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

  4. Entwistle – Guttman – Reichel4:27

    xG 0.15–0.32 (31%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Vlasic16:19

    xG 0.80–0.34 (70%)attempts 15–13goals 3–0

  2. Murphy – Korchinski3:25

    xG 0.51–0.32 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Phillips2:01

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:47

    xG 1.08–0.23 (83%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment10:16

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Faksa – Steel6:46

    xG 0.21–0.24 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston11:23

    xG 0.60–0.82 (42%)attempts 15–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLundkvist – Harley11:08

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell14:10

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1

  3. Heiskanen – Lundkvist2:10

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 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 4.4 xGCHI 2.6 xG
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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 95/100 · #76 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 78% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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