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Wed, Nov 10, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Phoenix Coyotes 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 62% of the time.

CHI winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0421305222
CHI114012010136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:22CHIBryan BickellAssists: Troy Brouwer · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:23PHXKyle TurrisAssists: Wojtek Wolski, Scottie Upshall · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:58PHXEric BelangerGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:25CHIJack Skille: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 14:25PHXSami Lepisto: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 3:00PHXAdrian Aucoin: Holding2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCHI
22Shots on goal36
1.6Expected goals2.2
44Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won30
0Power plays1
7Penalty minutes5
29Hits20
14Blocked shots14
5Giveaways4
14Takeaways17

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBelanger – Stempniak – Wolski12:51

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Prucha – Hanzal10:17

    xG 0.39–0.32 (54%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Prucha – Upshall – Turris4:03

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Upshall – Turris7:09

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle21:46

    xG 0.75–0.67 (53%)attempts 18–21goals 1–0

  2. Aucoin – Jovanovski20:17

    xG 0.40–0.46 (47%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Lepisto – Ekman-Larsson9:40

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDowell – Skille – Scott3:10

    xG 0.50–0.03 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Kane2:30

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Kopecky – Sharp2:14

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Pisani – Hossa – Kane3:00

    xG 0.06–0.02 (72%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCullimore – Campbell13:01

    xG 0.76–0.25 (75%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Keith5:29

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson20:02

    xG 0.59–0.53 (53%)attempts 19–15goals 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 2.2 xGPHX 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #965 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 62% of the time.

CHI winsPHX wins

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

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