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Tue, Feb 25, 2025·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Utah Hockey Club 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 81% of the time.

UTA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1501106122
UTA08114115237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:34CHISeth JonesPPAssists: Ryan Donato, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:16UTAClayton KellerAssists: Michael Kesselring, Logan Cooley · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:12UTALawson CrouseGWGAssists: Josh Doan, Olli Maatta · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:15CHIFrank Nazar: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:08CHIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:47UTAKevin Stenlund: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:14CHIPhilipp Kurashev: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:07CHIConnor Bedard: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:28UTAMichael Carcone: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 16:30CHICraig Smith: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 16:30UTASean Durzi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 8:04CHIAlex Vlasic: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Foligno won the faceoff against McBain
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIUTA
22Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals4.3
39Shot attempts93
25Faceoffs won40
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
28Hits24
19Blocked shots9
19Giveaways17
1Takeaways5

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. Donato – Slaggert – Dach4:12

    xG 0.01–0.26 (5%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard8:27

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Smith – Kurashev5:39

    xG 0.15–0.51 (23%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Teravainen – Mikheyev8:43

    xG 0.17–0.65 (21%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Del Mastro2:47

    xG 0.13–0.24 (36%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Allan – Del Mastro9:51

    xG 0.00–0.35 (0%)attempts 2–15goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Jones12:30

    xG 0.26–0.87 (23%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – McBain – Doan8:59

    xG 0.98–0.01 (99%)attempts 23–1goals 1–0

  2. Bjugstad – Kerfoot – Stenlund7:16

    xG 0.69–0.07 (91%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley9:45

    xG 0.43–0.20 (69%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  4. Carcone – Hayton – Guenther7:11

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Kesselring11:26

    xG 1.46–0.21 (87%)attempts 31–8goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Durzi12:25

    xG 0.63–0.14 (82%)attempts 21–3goals 1–0

  3. Marino – Sergachev12:45

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 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.

UTA 4.3 xGCHI 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTACHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #783 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 81% of the time.

UTA winsCHI wins

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

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