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Tue, Feb 7, 2012·Pepsi Center, Denver

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI09210012231
COL0921535529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:31CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Viktor Stalberg, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:24COLPeter MuellerAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:59COLDavid JonesAssists: Milan Hejduk · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:14CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:38COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:42COLDavid JonesAssists: Paul Stastny, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:58COLKyle QuinceyENAssists: David Jones · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:06COLErik Johnson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P3 4:56COLKyle Quincey: Holding2 min
  3. P3 8:45COLDaniel Winnik: High sticking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICOL
31Shots on goal29
1.6Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts49
26Faceoffs won32
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
14Hits20
8Blocked shots21
4Giveaways3
10Takeaways8

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. Brunette – Kruger – Shaw2:33

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Morrison – Mayers – Frolik2:05

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Frolik – Kruger2:21

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Morrison – Mayers – Brunette4:30

    xG 0.02–0.02 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Leddy2:14

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy2:38

    xG 0.08–0.13 (39%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Leddy2:54

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMueller – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:28

    xG 1.06–0.68 (61%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  2. McClement – Winnik – Galiardi10:53

    xG 0.44–0.09 (82%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Van Der Gulik – McLeod4:40

    xG 0.16–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Jones – Stastny13:38

    xG 0.31–0.52 (37%)attempts 9–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Johnson15:50

    xG 0.98–0.31 (76%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

  2. O'Brien – Barrie14:07

    xG 0.42–0.04 (91%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Hejda17:00

    xG 0.79–0.53 (60%)attempts 18–15goals 3–1

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.

COL 2.9 xGCHI 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #524 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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