Wed, Mar 5, 2025·United Center, Chicago
Ottawa Senators 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTT | 210 | 17 | 07 | 12 | 426 |
| CHI | 25 | 08 | 17 | 00 | 320 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 2:25OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Artem Zub, Jake Sanderson · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
- P1 11:38CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Landon Slaggert · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
- P1 12:22CHITeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Alex Vlasic · Bat, 0.13 xG1–2
- P1 14:09OTTDavid PerronAssists: Drake Batherson, Josh Norris · Bat, 0.18 xG2–2
- P2 10:29OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Drake Batherson, Jake Sanderson · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
- P3 1:47CHICraig SmithAssists: Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3
- OT 0:46OTTTim StützleGWGUnassisted · Deflected, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (2)
- P1 11:50OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min · PPG
- P3 5:24CHITeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Donato won the faceoff against Stützle
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Ottawa Senators
Forward lines
- bestPerron – Norris – Batherson11:07
xG 0.44–0.02 (96%)attempts 12–2goals 2–0
- Amadio – Pinto – Greig13:14
xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0
- Highmore – Gaudette – Gregor6:52
xG 0.24–0.40 (38%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0
- Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle12:13
xG 0.34–0.57 (38%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestJensen – Chabot11:50
xG 0.36–0.03 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0
- Hamonic – Jensen3:51
xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0
- Hamonic – Sanderson3:48
xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
Chicago Blackhawks
Forward lines
- bestSlaggert – Nazar – Bedard3:23
xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Maroon – Smith – Reichel12:16
xG 0.25–0.20 (56%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0
- Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Slaggert3:13
xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Dach – Nazar – Bedard8:44
xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMurphy – Del Mastro17:46
xG 0.44–0.24 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0
- Martinez – Kaiser17:17
xG 0.68–0.60 (53%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1
- Martinez – Vlasic3:29
xG 0.04–0.05 (39%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it OTT. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CHI − OTT), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).