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Tue, Mar 26, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 0, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 79% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY060307016
CHI11111608235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:09CHINick LeddyGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:48CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:11CGYJarome Iginla: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:29CGYMikael Backlund: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:04CGYJiri Hudler: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 19:27CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:42CHIDave Bolland: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:18CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 19:54CHIBrent Seabrook: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 19:54CHIDave Bolland: 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
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cammalleri won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
16Shots on goal35
1.6Expected goals3.2
40Shot attempts54
32Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits18
12Blocked shots16
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways8

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. Iginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri9:24

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  2. Begin – Jackman – Comeau2:26

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Stempniak – Glencross7:49

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Glencross – Backlund2:04

    xG 0.10–0.25 (27%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butler – Brodie2:03

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Brodie14:45

    xG 0.48–0.49 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Butler8:03

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Toews – Saad10:27

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw7:21

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Carcillo – Kruger4:28

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Bolland – Kane – Hayes9:28

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson14:27

    xG 1.06–0.36 (75%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Leddy11:25

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook14:28

    xG 0.64–0.60 (52%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGCGY 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #680 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 56% (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 79% 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).