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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 66% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0809313330
CHI06119010135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:56CHIBoris KatchoukAssists: Zachary Sanford · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:32DALMatt DuchenePPAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:54DALMason MarchmentGWGAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Joel Hanley · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:37DALJoe PavelskiENAssists: Roope Hintz, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.75 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:58CHISeth Jones: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:24DALMason Marchment: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:24DALMason Marchment: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:04CHINikita Zaitsev: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:08DALSam Steel: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:08CHIRyan Donato: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:24CHIJaycob Megna: Cross checking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kurashev won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
30Shots on goal35
3.3Expected goals2.4
61Shot attempts61
43Faceoffs won19
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
23Hits27
12Blocked shots17
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways10

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. bestBenn – Smith – Hintz3:31

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston5:15

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Faksa – Marchment3:47

    xG 0.22–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Pavelski – Steel – Johnston4:00

    xG 0.05–0.06 (48%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Lundkvist6:03

    xG 0.22–0.06 (78%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell9:15

    xG 0.40–0.25 (62%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Lundkvist – Harley2:00

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Dickinson – Anderson10:16

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Sanford – Donato – Katchouk9:43

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Raddysh – Pitlick – Kurashev10:58

    xG 0.49–0.45 (52%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  4. Entwistle – Guttman – Reichel9:08

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Vlasic16:49

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  2. Zaitsev – Korchinski13:22

    xG 0.66–0.61 (52%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  3. Murphy – Megna14:53

    xG 0.35–0.42 (46%)attempts 15–17goals 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 2.4 xGDAL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #880 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 66% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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