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Sat, Feb 11, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 54% of the time.

PHX winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI010012016038
PHX2131806327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:14PHXRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Ray Whitney, Adrian Aucoin · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:58PHXBoyd GordonAssists: Gilbert Brule, Lauri Korpikoski · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:59PHXKyle ChipchuraAssists: Gilbert Brule, Raffi Torres · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:34PHXKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:34CHIAndrew Shaw: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:41PHXKyle Chipchura: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:46CHIBrendan Morrison: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:26PHXRaffi Torres: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:14PHXRadim Vrbata: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 17:23PHXAdrian Aucoin: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 17:23CHIJonathan Toews: Slashing2 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 SOG0PHX
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Kruger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHX
38Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.4
71Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won20
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes13
25Hits34
9Blocked shots17
4Giveaways2
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. bestSharp – Toews – Kane7:57

    xG 0.83–0.16 (84%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Stalberg – Toews4:46

    xG 0.20–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Brunette – Bolland – Shaw3:28

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Morrison – Mayers – Brunette3:41

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Lepisto4:18

    xG 0.34–0.05 (86%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. O'Donnell – Lepisto2:31

    xG 0.28–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook4:16

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestLangkow – Pyatt – Boedker11:29

    xG 0.85–0.51 (62%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Chipchura – Brule5:59

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Doan – Gordon – Korpikoski7:50

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:49

    xG 0.42–0.61 (41%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Ekman-Larsson12:34

    xG 1.15–0.73 (61%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Yandle13:49

    xG 0.62–0.53 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 3–0

  3. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson3:26

    xG 0.06–0.11 (34%)attempts 5–6goals 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 2.4 xGCHI 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1190 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 54% of the time.

PHX winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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