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Thu, Mar 28, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 81% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI070606019
OTT21601107234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36OTTClaude GirouxSHGWGAssists: Jacob Bernard-Docker · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:08OTTParker KellyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:09OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:12CHITaylor Raddysh: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:24CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:32OTTArtem Zub: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pinto won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIOTT
19Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals3.6
44Shot attempts63
17Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
29Hits35
14Blocked shots13
14Giveaways16
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. Athanasiou – Kurashev – Reichel5:11

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Donato – Entwistle – Slaggert2:17

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Dickinson – Anderson – Slaggert5:09

    xG 0.03–0.14 (18%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Kurashev – Bedard6:21

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMegna – Vlasic3:06

    xG 0.28–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Kaiser – Korchinski4:58

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Zaitsev – Kaiser4:02

    xG 0.17–0.14 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestKubalik – Joseph – Greig7:39

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Katchouk – Kastelic – Kelly8:30

    xG 0.37–0.12 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto12:07

    xG 0.72–0.49 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle2:02

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub18:56

    xG 0.98–0.35 (74%)attempts 23–19goals 1–0

  2. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker13:59

    xG 0.70–0.28 (71%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Brannstrom – Kleven11:36

    xG 0.31–0.41 (43%)attempts 12–9goals 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.

OTT 3.6 xGCHI 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1311 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 81% of the time.

OTT winsCHI wins

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

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