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Sun, Nov 10, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Minnesota Wild 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN050911900133
CHI17090412222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:44CHIJason DickinsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:29MINMatt BoldyAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:50CHIPhilipp KurashevGWGAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:43MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:50MINMarcus Johansson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:11CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:51CHILukas Reichel: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:27CHINick Foligno: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 11:03MINMatt Boldy: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCHI
33Shots on goal22
2.3Expected goals1.9
61Shot attempts41
26Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits16
9Blocked shots13
14Giveaways8
5Takeaways5

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Boldy2:24

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Trenin – Lauko – Khusnutdinov7:26

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau4:03

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy3:40

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Merrill9:43

    xG 0.32–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Middleton2:40

    xG 0.24–0.05 (82%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Spurgeon – Faber3:03

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestTeravainen – Dickinson – Anderson11:52

    xG 0.67–0.28 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Smith – Donato5:53

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Reichel – Bedard7:23

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Bertuzzi – Kurashev7:48

    xG 0.08–0.31 (21%)attempts 1–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Vlasic12:56

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Allan3:18

    xG 0.03–0.11 (22%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic3:22

    xG 0.02–0.13 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

CHI 1.9 xGMIN 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #730 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsMIN wins

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

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