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Sat, Feb 17, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Ottawa Senators 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT17122013242
CHI181618322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:29CHINick FolignoAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Connor Bedard · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:57OTTTim StützleAssists: Claude Giroux, Mathieu Joseph · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:13OTTJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Tim Stützle · Slap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:54CHIConnor BedardAssists: Philipp Kurashev · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:08CHIJason DickinsonGWGAssists: Tyler Johnson, Joey Anderson · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 0:37CHITyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:51CHITaylor Raddysh: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 7:32OTTErik Brannstrom: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCHI
42Shots on goal22
3.5Expected goals1.8
77Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
23Hits27
17Blocked shots17
8Giveaways5
5Takeaways9

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Joseph – Stützle12:22

    xG 1.09–0.23 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Tarasenko – Pinto – Greig10:21

    xG 0.40–0.03 (94%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk14:23

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  4. Kubalik – Kastelic – Kelly3:58

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub16:29

    xG 1.13–0.46 (71%)attempts 30–13goals 1–1

  2. Chabot – Chychrun18:53

    xG 0.94–0.47 (67%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – Brannstrom10:58

    xG 0.36–0.45 (45%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Johnson – Dickinson – Anderson13:14

    xG 0.49–0.67 (42%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Sanford – Donato7:02

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Katchouk – Raddysh – Entwistle11:17

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard13:59

    xG 0.44–1.09 (29%)attempts 10–23goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMegna – Jones2:34

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Crevier2:02

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Tinordi – Megna2:26

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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 1.8 xGOTT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #747 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsOTT wins

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

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