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Sat, Oct 26, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0806210224
DAL11511025430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:17DALEvgenii DadonovAssists: Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:42DALJamie BennAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Thomas Harley · Bat, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:50DALMatt DuchenePPGWGAssists: Logan Stankoven, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:34CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Craig Smith, Patrick Maroon · Poke, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:15CHIConnor BedardAssists: Patrick Maroon, Nolan Allan · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:42DALMatt DucheneENAssists: Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.82 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:59CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:24DALMathew Dumba: Interference2 min
  3. P1 6:33CHIPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 0:00DALEsa Lindell: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:38DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  6. P3 6:51CHISeth Jones: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIDAL
24Shots on goal30
3.6Expected goals4.8
56Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits9
22Blocked shots13
11Giveaways7
3Takeaways3

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. Maroon – Smith – Donato8:06

    xG 0.24–0.30 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  2. Foligno – Dickinson – Mikheyev7:28

    xG 0.22–0.44 (34%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Bertuzzi – Kurashev9:02

    xG 0.27–0.74 (27%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – Reichel – Bedard6:33

    xG 0.01–0.61 (1%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Allan6:35

    xG 0.51–0.20 (71%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  2. Murphy – Vlasic7:12

    xG 0.28–0.23 (54%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Vlasic4:41

    xG 0.00–0.02 (15%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment11:46

    xG 0.67–0.32 (68%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston9:24

    xG 0.79–0.51 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Hintz – Robertson – Stankoven9:20

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Steel – Bourque7:32

    xG 0.19–0.09 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley4:15

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Lindell – Lyubushkin7:42

    xG 0.57–0.18 (76%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Lundkvist2:05

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 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.

DAL 4.8 xGCHI 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #485 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 69% of the time.

DAL winsCHI wins

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

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