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Tue, Oct 22, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Vancouver Canucks 6, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN41101029630
CHI21301219334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:21VANDanton HeinenAssists: Teddy Blueger, Kiefer Sherwood · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:01VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:25CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Jason Dickinson, Alex Vlasic · Snap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:46VANDanton HeinenAssists: Filip Hronek, Kiefer Sherwood · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P1 13:29CHITaylor HallAssists: Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P1 15:17VANConor GarlandGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 10:29VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.10 xG5–2
  8. P3 10:58VANPius SuterAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Nils Aman · Wrist, 0.15 xG6–2
  9. P3 14:04CHITyler BertuzziPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.27 xG6–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:39CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:46CHIAndreas Athanasiou: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  3. P2 11:46VANCarson Soucy: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:04VANErik Brannstrom: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:35VANJake DeBrusk: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:16CHIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:39VANTeddy Blueger: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:05VANFilip Hronek: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCHI
30Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
25Hits16
12Blocked shots14
12Giveaways19
9Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGarland – Pettersson – Hoglander9:52

    xG 0.99–0.44 (69%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood10:48

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  3. Suter – Aman – Bains7:31

    xG 0.18–0.22 (44%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  4. Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk7:29

    xG 0.00–0.41 (0%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes13:52

    xG 0.89–0.21 (81%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Soucy13:57

    xG 0.62–0.71 (47%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

  3. Desharnais – Brannstrom11:31

    xG 0.23–0.33 (41%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDickinson – Donato – Mikheyev9:57

    xG 0.23–0.05 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Hall – Bertuzzi – Reichel3:03

    xG 0.05–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Smith – Reichel5:58

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Smith – Athanasiou2:34

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Kaiser11:18

    xG 0.30–0.04 (87%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Vlasic4:06

    xG 0.01–0.03 (31%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic11:52

    xG 0.69–0.79 (47%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

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 3.0 xGVAN 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #436 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsVAN wins

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

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