Western Conference · Central Division

Chicago Blackhawks

2016–17·50–23–9·109 points·1st in the Central, 1st in the Western·Clinched conference

Seasons

Points: 109#3
Goal differential: +28#7
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 49.8%#17
Power play: 18.0%#19
Penalty kill: 77.7%#24
GSAx: +15.0#6

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	26–10–5	57	0.70	126	96	52.1%
Away	41	24–13–4	52	0.63	114	116	47.2%
October	9	5–3–1	11	0.61	30	26	47.1%
November	15	10–3–2	22	0.73	36	33	50.6%
December	15	8–5–2	18	0.60	40	34	45.5%
January	13	7–6–0	14	0.54	35	41	50.7%
February	10	9–1–0	18	0.90	44	24	54.9%
March	16	11–3–2	24	0.75	48	40	50.8%
April	4	0–2–2	2	0.25	7	14	48.7%
Division rivals	29	19–8–2	40	0.69	97	80	48.1%
Rest of conference	21	11–6–4	26	0.62	57	48	51.4%
Other conference	32	20–9–3	43	0.67	86	84	50.1%


DAL	5	5–0–0	10	1.00	17	11	51.5%
NSH	5	4–1–0	8	0.80	20	13	45.3%
COL	5	3–0–2	8	0.80	20	13	49.6%
STL	5	3–2–0	6	0.60	15	16	52.1%
ARI	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	14	6	56.4%
MIN	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	15	11	41.3%
CGY	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	10	5	53.8%
VAN	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	12	10	59.5%
TOR	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	5	47.8%
NJD	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	7	5	43.4%

On the road

57,467 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

14 GP · 10–3–1 · 8 vs fresher opponent

75.0%

47.1%

1 day

48 GP · 30–12–6 · 12 vs fresher opponent

68.8%

51.4%

2 days

13 GP · 8–3–2 · 2 vs fresher opponent

69.2%

49.5%

3+ days

6 GP · 2–4–0 · 1 vs fresher opponent

33.3%

44.3%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

30 times this season the Blackhawks were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Blackhawks in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

50.1%

55.5%

Goals share

53.1%

56.9%

Shooting %

9.6%

10.3%

Save %

.920

.922