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Fri, Feb 23, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG181150711331
CHI01111011400235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:47WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:49WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:58CHIColin BlackwellAssists: Seth Jones · Snap, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:17CHITyler JohnsonAssists: Nick Foligno, Jason Dickinson · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:25WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:49CHIConnor Bedard: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 9:45CHITaylor Raddysh: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P2 11:34WPGNeal Pionk: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 6:22WPGBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:22CHIConnor Bedard: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 13:03WPGLogan Stanley: Tripping2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
31Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits19
18Blocked shots9
3Giveaways13
11Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestMonahan – Ehlers – Iafallo9:12

    xG 0.65–0.01 (98%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  2. Namestnikov – Barron – Perfetti6:22

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi12:56

    xG 0.28–0.77 (26%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton10:35

    xG 0.18–0.81 (18%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey17:36

    xG 1.21–0.60 (67%)attempts 18–18goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk14:20

    xG 0.19–0.38 (34%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Stanley – Samberg9:47

    xG 0.39–0.90 (30%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Dickinson – Anderson10:40

    xG 0.80–0.07 (92%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh3:46

    xG 0.51–0.04 (93%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Beauvillier – Raddysh5:02

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Entwistle – Johnson7:26

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Vlasic18:45

    xG 0.85–0.28 (75%)attempts 23–12goals 1–0

  2. Tinordi – Phillips11:00

    xG 0.71–0.93 (43%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  3. Megna – Korchinski10:22

    xG 0.26–0.56 (32%)attempts 5–11goals 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 3.2 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #280 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 56% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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