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Wed, Jan 12, 2011·United Center, Chicago

Colorado Avalanche 0, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL090906024
CHI27113111431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:08CHITroy BrouwerGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:48CHIDave BollandAssists: Fernando Pisani, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:17CHIFernando PisaniAssists: Dave Bolland · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:36CHIJack SkilleAssists: Brent Seabrook · Backhand, 0.21 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:14CHIViktor Stalberg: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:57CHIPatrick Sharp: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 9:25CHIBryan Bickell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 12:27COLMatt Hunwick: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 16:24CHITomas Kopecky: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 16:47COLPhilippe Dupuis: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:21COLAdam Foote: Elbowing2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCHI
24Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits26
12Blocked shots14
3Giveaways4
9Takeaways14

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Winnik – Galiardi – O'Reilly2:06

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Yip – Winnik – O'Reilly4:40

    xG 0.08–0.18 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Hejduk – Fleischmann – Duchene2:59

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Mauldin – Dupuis – Yip2:06

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – O'Byrne10:22

    xG 0.36–0.35 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 0–2

  2. O'Byrne – Hunwick6:19

    xG 0.23–0.30 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Shattenkirk7:08

    xG 0.03–0.34 (7%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestPisani – Bolland – Bickell10:02

    xG 0.69–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–4goals 2–0

  2. Dowell – Skille – Stalberg6:44

    xG 0.63–0.18 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Brouwer – Toews – Kane8:28

    xG 0.70–0.52 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  4. Hossa – Kopecky – Sharp10:09

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook16:59

    xG 1.37–0.28 (83%)attempts 23–9goals 4–0

  2. Hendry – Leddy13:04

    xG 0.69–0.21 (77%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Hjalmarsson14:39

    xG 0.44–0.71 (38%)attempts 12–13goals 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 3.2 xGCOL 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1193 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 67% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).