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Sat, Apr 6, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 84% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01412317244
CHI063506317

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:48CHIConnor BedardPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:53CHIAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Lukas Reichel, Wyatt Kaiser · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:51CHISeth JonesGWGAssists: Ryan Donato, MacKenzie Entwistle · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:37DALRoope HintzAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Joe Pavelski · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:37DALJamie BennAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Chris Tanev · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 3:42DALMatt Duchene: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:28CHIJaycob Megna: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:33CHIJarred Tinordi: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 8:54DALLogan Stankoven: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  5. P3 16:10CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 17:28CHIColin Blackwell: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:28DALMason Marchment: Embellishment2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
44Shots on goal17
3.4Expected goals1.3
89Shot attempts34
28Faceoffs won20
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits19
13Blocked shots27
5Giveaways7
6Takeaways12

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:52

    xG 0.92–0.40 (70%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston3:36

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  3. Duchene – Marchment – Johnston7:41

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  4. Faksa – Steel – Dellandrea7:49

    xG 0.44–0.12 (79%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Lindell12:24

    xG 1.05–0.20 (84%)attempts 22–8goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Lundkvist10:00

    xG 0.65–0.26 (71%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley16:55

    xG 0.47–0.47 (50%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Dickinson – Kurashev – Bedard14:32

    xG 0.45–0.54 (45%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Johnson – Anderson10:47

    xG 0.10–0.29 (26%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

  3. Blackwell – Athanasiou – Reichel7:21

    xG 0.25–0.72 (26%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

  4. Donato – Entwistle – Slaggert7:55

    xG 0.24–0.77 (24%)attempts 6–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Megna – Korchinski13:22

    xG 0.22–0.33 (40%)attempts 7–19goals 0–1

  2. Jones – Vlasic17:22

    xG 0.57–1.08 (34%)attempts 13–26goals 2–0

  3. Tinordi – Kaiser14:16

    xG 0.27–1.16 (19%)attempts 9–22goals 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.

CHI 1.3 xGDAL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #566 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 84% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

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

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