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Fri, Nov 11, 2011·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 50% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0130616125
CHI11311127431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:09CHIDuncan KeithAssists: Daniel Carcillo, Patrick Sharp · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:11CHIBrent SeabrookPPGWGAssists: Marian Hossa, Patrick Sharp · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:50CGYOlli JokinenAssists: Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:49CHIViktor StalbergAssists: Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:56CHIPatrick KaneENAssists: Patrick Sharp, Daniel Carcillo · Wrist, 0.68 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:43CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:16CGYTim Jackman: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:48CGYDavid Moss: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 11:59CGYRoman Horak: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:53CGYAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
25Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.8
49Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
36Hits17
16Blocked shots13
4Giveaways10
3Takeaways10

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – Backlund10:22

    xG 1.08–0.45 (70%)attempts 14–13goals 0–2

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Moss7:33

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Glencross – Bourque9:39

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Jokinen – Tanguay – Bourque2:06

    xG 0.07–0.10 (40%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler16:14

    xG 0.72–0.63 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Brodie13:17

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Giordano15:44

    xG 0.60–1.02 (37%)attempts 15–26goals 1–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Carcillo – Kane10:01

    xG 0.56–0.18 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  2. Bickell – Frolik – Kruger8:21

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Brunette – Olesz3:07

    xG 0.08–0.37 (17%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Stalberg – Toews10:32

    xG 0.53–0.99 (35%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook18:01

    xG 0.93–0.51 (65%)attempts 27–12goals 2–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy16:31

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 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 2.8 xGCGY 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #891 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 50% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

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

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