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Sun, Mar 20, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Phoenix Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 68% of the time.

PHX winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1801119228
PHX0411405123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:30CHIDuncan KeithPPAssists: Nick Leddy, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:43PHXEric BelangerAssists: Michal Rozsival, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:26CHIChris CampoliPPGWGAssists: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:01CHIPatrick Sharp: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:25PHXEric Belanger: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 11:40PHXShane Doan: 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 SOG0PHX
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHX
28Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals1.5
59Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
22Hits35
22Blocked shots18
2Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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. bestHossa – Kopecky – Frolik12:44

    xG 0.80–0.11 (88%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Stalberg – Toews – Kane4:46

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Dowell – Brouwer6:53

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Pisani – Bickell – Dowell2:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampoli – Leddy3:20

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy6:40

    xG 0.26–0.12 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Leddy3:44

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak13:47

    xG 0.48–0.30 (62%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Belanger – Korpikoski4:29

    xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Korpikoski8:54

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Ebbett3:24

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Schlemko12:59

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Aucoin – Klesla15:31

    xG 0.34–0.45 (44%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Yandle2:45

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

PHX 1.5 xGCHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #772 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 68% of the time.

PHX winsCHI wins

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

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