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Sat, Oct 23, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ01218220340
CHI21101308232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:23CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:45CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Troy Brouwer, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.52 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:24CBJDerick BrassardAssists: Jakub Voracek, Marc Methot · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:33CBJR.J. UmbergerPPAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Antoine Vermette · Tip-in, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:29CBJAntoine VermetteGWGAssists: Marc Methot · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:58CBJDerek Dorsett: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:07CHIViktor Stalberg: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:13CBJNikita Filatov: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:36CBJRick Nash: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 19:31CHITroy Brouwer: Boarding5 min · PPG
  6. P3 9:49CHIDave Bolland: Interference2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCHI
40Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals3.5
67Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes9
28Hits17
15Blocked shots18
4Giveaways11
8Takeaways17

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestClark – Pahlsson – Huselius8:02

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Brassard – Voracek11:30

    xG 0.48–0.36 (58%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Wilson – Filatov3:33

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Umberger – Dorsett8:57

    xG 0.20–0.68 (23%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Holden11:34

    xG 0.36–0.49 (42%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Stralman13:32

    xG 0.61–0.76 (45%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Klesla – Methot16:09

    xG 0.56–0.93 (37%)attempts 11–21goals 2–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Toews – Kane8:03

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  2. Dowell – Skille – Stalberg2:58

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Toews3:39

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Bolland – Brouwer7:21

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoynton – Hjalmarsson12:03

    xG 0.70–0.39 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Cullimore – Boynton2:08

    xG 0.22–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook17:33

    xG 0.67–0.49 (58%)attempts 20–13goals 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.

CHI 3.5 xGCBJ 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #425 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

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

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