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Sat, Mar 15, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI051816219
VAN241635615

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:46VANQuinn HughesAssists: Filip Hronek, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:21VANTyler MyersAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:08VANConor GarlandGWGAssists: Pius Suter, Nils Hoglander · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:51CHIAlex VlasicAssists: Ryan Donato, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:01VANElias PetterssonAssists: Nils Hoglander · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:22CHIWyatt KaiserAssists: Artyom Levshunov, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:50VANNils AmanAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Teddy Blueger · Snap, 0.13 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:58VANPius SuterAssists: Conor Garland, Dakota Joshua · Snap, 0.22 xG2–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:52VANVictor Mancini: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:08VANArturs Silovs: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:01CHIConnor Bedard: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 4:23VANTyler Myers: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 4:29CHIConnor Bedard: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:05CHIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:05VANConor Garland: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:21CHIConnor Bedard: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 17:21CHIFrank Nazar: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 17:21VANFilip Hronek: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 17:21VANConor Garland: Misconduct10 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Blueger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIVAN
19Shots on goal15
1.6Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts48
26Faceoffs won17
3Power plays2
26Penalty minutes28
25Hits29
19Blocked shots18
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways4

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. bestFoligno – Dickinson – Slaggert9:58

    xG 0.26–0.16 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Bertuzzi – Veleno – Reichel6:39

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  3. Teravainen – Donato – Mikheyev9:50

    xG 0.51–0.73 (41%)attempts 13–5goals 1–2

  4. Dach – Nazar – Bedard9:57

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Kaiser13:17

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Kaiser – Levshunov3:44

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Levshunov3:18

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrusk – Pettersson – Hoglander7:09

    xG 0.45–0.17 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Blueger – Sherwood – Aman10:54

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Joshua – Garland – Suter6:56

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  4. Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson2:08

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes15:11

    xG 0.53–0.18 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Pettersson15:00

    xG 0.61–0.43 (59%)attempts 17–15goals 2–1

  3. Forbort – Mancini12:11

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

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.

VAN 1.9 xGCHI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #639 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsCHI wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).