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Sat, Feb 2, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Calgary Flames 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 93% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI060626011319
CGY010010224030247

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:08CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Patrick Sharp, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:23CGYDennis WidemanPPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:25CGYJay BouwmeesterAssists: Jiri Hudler, Matt Stajan · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:57CHIMarian HossaAssists: Johnny Oduya, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Alex Tanguay stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. CGY Jiri Hudler stopped
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  5. 5. CGY Roman Cervenka stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:24CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:24CHIBrandon Bollig: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:36CGYMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:40CHIJohnny Oduya: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:07CHIMichael Frolik: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  6. P3 11:40CHIDuncan Keith: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:18CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 2:12CHIBrandon Saad: 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 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICGY
19Shots on goal47
1.6Expected goals5.1
46Shot attempts87
27Faceoffs won37
1Power plays5
15Penalty minutes7
13Hits7
26Blocked shots16
5Giveaways12
9Takeaways12

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. Hossa – Toews – Saad11:13

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Kane – Shaw12:40

    xG 0.53–0.68 (44%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  3. Mayers – Frolik – Bollig4:21

    xG 0.04–0.23 (16%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Stalberg – Kruger9:56

    xG 0.23–1.91 (11%)attempts 12–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Leddy2:10

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson3:15

    xG 0.14–0.18 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook12:41

    xG 0.39–0.62 (39%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Glencross – Backlund13:10

    xG 2.42–0.29 (89%)attempts 33–9goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Hudler – Cervenka12:45

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Comeau – Jones3:47

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri13:01

    xG 0.47–0.54 (47%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestButler – Smith10:52

    xG 1.87–0.18 (91%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano18:24

    xG 1.15–0.36 (76%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  3. Wideman – Bouwmeester2:07

    xG 0.01–0.04 (24%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CGY 5.1 xGCHI 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #59 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.69 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 93% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

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

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