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Thu, Jan 30, 2025·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 88% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1301116220
CAR1721109327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:57CARSeth JarvisSHAssists: Juha Jaaska · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:38CHIIlya MikheyevAssists: Nick Foligno, Jason Dickinson · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:52CARMikko RantanenAssists: Jack Roslovic, Dmitry Orlov · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:59CARJaccob SlavinGWGAssists: Jackson Blake, Juha Jaaska · Snap, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:29CHIConnor BedardAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:15CARShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:37CARJackson Blake: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 15:35CHILukas Reichel: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 19:20CHINick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:50CARJaccob Slavin: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICAR
20Shots on goal27
1.8Expected goals4.2
41Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits15
17Blocked shots13
22Giveaways17
7Takeaways3

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. bestTeravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev10:20

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard6:05

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Donato – Reichel3:10

    xG 0.02–0.13 (13%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Kurashev – Dach6:25

    xG 0.18–0.33 (35%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Vlasic5:33

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Brodie – Allan14:13

    xG 0.05–0.18 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Jones12:55

    xG 0.39–0.72 (35%)attempts 9–13goals 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRobinson – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov12:17

    xG 0.94–0.27 (78%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Rantanen – Roslovic – Blake13:09

    xG 0.78–0.18 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis11:55

    xG 0.19–0.10 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Rantanen – Suzuki – Jaaska2:06

    xG 0.02–0.02 (55%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin19:15

    xG 0.87–0.20 (81%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Walker10:57

    xG 0.83–0.33 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Orlov – Chatfield16:27

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

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.

CAR 4.2 xGCHI 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #897 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 88% of the time.

CAR winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).