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Sun, Feb 24, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0701308028
CHI0711406127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:33CHIAndrew ShawGWGAssists: Bryan Bickell, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:46CBJJohn Moore: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:55CHIMarcus Kruger: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 17:48CBJNick Foligno: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 2:32CBJVinny Prospal: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:00CHIDuncan Keith: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:58CHIMichal Rozsival: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:58CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00CHIJonathan Toews: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 0:00CBJMatt Calvert: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 3:24CHIViktor Stalberg: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 6:51CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Interference2 min
  12. P3 14:11CHIAndrew Shaw: Charging2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCHI
28Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won24
5Power plays3
10Penalty minutes14
33Hits16
11Blocked shots16
8Giveaways6
7Takeaways16

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. MacKenzie – Boll – Letestu4:23

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Calvert – Johansen5:35

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Umberger – Brassard – Atkinson8:45

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Drazenovic – Dorsett5:59

    xG 0.03–0.66 (4%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Moore11:29

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Nikitin11:17

    xG 0.20–0.71 (22%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Wisniewski – Erixon12:39

    xG 0.15–0.96 (14%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Kane – Kruger9:04

    xG 0.51–0.07 (89%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Saad7:36

    xG 0.62–0.25 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Toews – Kane2:26

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Carcillo – Frolik3:54

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook13:19

    xG 0.91–0.16 (85%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson10:50

    xG 0.68–0.37 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Rozsival – Leddy12:18

    xG 0.61–0.36 (63%)attempts 13–5goals 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 2.9 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #578 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 63% of the time.

CHI winsCBJ wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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