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Mon, Feb 19, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 91% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI051428317
CAR114317211642

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:45CARMichael BuntingAssists: Martin Necas, Jack Drury · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:59CARMartin NecasUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:22CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Dmitry Orlov, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:52CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 15:23CHINick FolignoAssists: Connor Bedard · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:34CARBrent BurnsPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis · Snap, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P3 7:00CHIConnor BedardPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Tyler Johnson · Snap, 0.32 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:08CHITyler JohnsonPPAssists: Connor Bedard, Nick Foligno · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:11CARJordan MartinookENAssists: Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.54 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:26CARBrett Pesce: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:45CARSeth Jarvis: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 17:07CHITyler Johnson: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:35CHIBoris Katchouk: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 1:00CHIAlex Vlasic: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:20CARJack Drury: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:03CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:24CHIKevin Korchinski: Cross checking2 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICAR
17Shots on goal42
1.9Expected goals5.1
37Shot attempts80
24Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits12
16Blocked shots11
12Giveaways16
4Takeaways7

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. Johnson – Katchouk – Raddysh6:42

    xG 0.06–0.36 (14%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  2. Blackwell – Donato – Entwistle4:53

    xG 0.04–0.41 (8%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

  3. Dickinson – Beauvillier – Anderson11:36

    xG 0.36–0.74 (33%)attempts 7–19goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard12:52

    xG 0.15–0.87 (15%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Korchinski2:38

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Megna – Vlasic3:06

    xG 0.06–0.13 (34%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Crevier – Korchinski3:43

    xG 0.03–0.31 (8%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi7:33

    xG 0.53–0.04 (93%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis10:38

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  3. Fast – Aho – Svechnikov10:25

    xG 0.62–0.30 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Bunting – Necas – Drury9:50

    xG 0.36–0.19 (65%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – DeAngelo12:10

    xG 0.89–0.05 (94%)attempts 19–6goals 2–0

  2. Orlov – Pesce15:36

    xG 0.84–0.17 (83%)attempts 23–14goals 2–0

  3. Burns – Slavin15:52

    xG 0.98–0.41 (70%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

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.

CAR 5.1 xGCHI 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #488 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 91% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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