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Thu, Oct 7, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI11111111402338
COL11521101411441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37CHIBryan BickellPPAssists: Marian Hossa, Troy Brouwer · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:30COLChris StewartUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:13COLMatt DucheneAssists: Adam Foote, Kyle Cumiskey · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:51COLPaul StastnyPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Chris Stewart · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:24CHIMarian HossaAssists: Patrick Sharp, Tomas Kopecky · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:25CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Tomas Kopecky, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:40COLPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:36COLMark Olver: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:22COLKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:06COLAdam Foote: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:45COLMatt Duchene: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:30CHIJack Skille: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:29COLDaniel Winnik: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 13:45CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 14:05CHIJohn Scott: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 2:54COLMatt Duchene: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 10:08COLKyle Cumiskey: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0COL
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICOL
38Shots on goal41
3.1Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won32
7Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
19Hits18
10Blocked shots16
3Giveaways11
16Takeaways12

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. bestPisani – Sharp – Kane5:37

    xG 0.39–0.14 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Dowell – Skille – Stalberg3:00

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Bolland – Bickell – Brouwer8:03

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Kopecky – Toews7:55

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook18:45

    xG 0.92–0.64 (59%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy14:49

    xG 0.53–0.55 (49%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestYip – Winnik – O'Reilly8:47

    xG 0.58–0.18 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Hejduk – Jones – Duchene8:59

    xG 0.39–0.50 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Stewart – Galiardi11:44

    xG 0.26–0.79 (25%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Quincey9:46

    xG 0.39–0.16 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Foote – Wilson2:22

    xG 0.01–0.13 (8%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Wilson13:37

    xG 0.63–0.80 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

COL 3.4 xGCHI 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #99 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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