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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Atlanta Thrashers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 63% of the time.

ATL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI213211013032540
ATL11631008031437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:14ATLNik AntropovPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:52CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:03CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp · Snap, 0.42 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:02ATLEvander KanePPAssists: Zach Bogosian, Niclas Bergfors · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:57ATLAlexander BurmistrovAssists: Ben Eager, Freddy Modin · Snap, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P2 4:42CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Viktor Stalberg, Brian Campbell · Snap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 11:56ATLRich PeverleyPPAssists: Nik Antropov, Andrew Ladd · Snap, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P2 16:44CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jonathan Toews · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. ATL Nik Antropov stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  3. 3. ATL Andrew Ladd scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
  5. 5. ATL Rich Peverley stopped
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  7. 7. ATL Evander Kane stopped
  8. 8. CHI Troy Brouwer stopped
  9. 9. ATL Dustin Byfuglien stopped
  10. 10. CHI Viktor Stalberg scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:03CHIJack Skille: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:26CHIViktor Stalberg: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:44ATLAnthony Stewart: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:29CHITomas Kopecky: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 15:14ATLJohnny Oduya: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P2 1:08CHIPatrick Sharp: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:40CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 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 SOG0ATL
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Slater
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIATL
40Shots on goal37
2.7Expected goals2.1
65Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
15Hits18
8Blocked shots15
8Giveaways4
7Takeaways14

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. bestStalberg – Toews – Kane14:02

    xG 0.62–0.17 (78%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Sharp – Brouwer – Morin7:31

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Bickell – Dowell10:24

    xG 0.16–0.39 (30%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Pisani – Skille – Scott6:31

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Hjalmarsson19:12

    xG 0.66–0.18 (78%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Boynton – Hendry6:49

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Hendry2:33

    xG 0.09–0.08 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Peverley – Bergfors11:52

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Antropov – Stewart – Kane11:39

    xG 0.32–0.29 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Modin – Boulton – Burmistrov8:02

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Eager – Slater12:54

    xG 0.18–0.49 (27%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSopel – Hainsey14:11

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Bogosian17:26

    xG 0.45–0.49 (48%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien15:56

    xG 0.47–0.88 (35%)attempts 11–15goals 0–2

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.

ATL 2.1 xGCHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #111 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 63% of the time.

ATL winsCHI wins

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

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