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Tue, Apr 2, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Chicago Blackhawks 1, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 51% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI180605119
NYI01201225229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:49CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Connor Bedard, Philipp Kurashev · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:33NYIBo HorvatPPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:25NYISimon HolmstromGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:30NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 18:30CHIJarred Tinordi: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 0:10CHIPhilipp Kurashev: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:53CHIRyan Donato: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:37NYIMike Reilly: Holding2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYI
19Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.2
41Shot attempts59
18Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
12Hits11
14Blocked shots12
7Giveaways4
4Takeaways4

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. bestDickinson – Kurashev – Bedard14:58

    xG 1.28–0.08 (94%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh9:47

    xG 0.34–0.25 (57%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Anderson – Reichel8:22

    xG 0.11–0.51 (18%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

  4. Donato – Entwistle – Slaggert7:36

    xG 0.17–0.81 (18%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Vlasic16:31

    xG 1.40–0.54 (72%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

  2. Tinordi – Megna2:08

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Tinordi – Kaiser10:09

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 4–17goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Engvall12:08

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom9:51

    xG 0.65–0.51 (56%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Cizikas – Horvat – Barzal12:25

    xG 0.46–0.37 (56%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean6:32

    xG 0.22–0.91 (19%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Aho13:08

    xG 0.63–0.31 (67%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov14:30

    xG 0.49–0.39 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Aho2:00

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

NYI 2.2 xGCHI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #859 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 51% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

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

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