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Sat, Apr 20, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHX2904015032331
CHI11611208021238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Nick Leddy, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:06PHXRostislav KleslaAssists: Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:40PHXRadim VrbataAssists: Rob Klinkhammer · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:39CHIBrent SeabrookPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. PHX Mikkel Boedker scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane scored
  4. 4. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. CHI Marian Hossa stopped
  6. 6. PHX David Schlemko scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:47CHIBryan Bickell: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:06PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:28PHXChris Conner: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:09CHIAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:58PHXAntoine Vermette: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 4:40CHIBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:09PHXAntoine Vermette: Interference2 min
  8. P2 15:47CHIMarian Hossa: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 11:20CHIBryan Bickell: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCHI
31Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals3.6
54Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won31
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
36Hits20
19Blocked shots17
3Giveaways10
7Takeaways15

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Bissonnette – Bolduc – Chipchura2:14

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Boedker10:48

    xG 0.26–0.42 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Doan – Vermette – Conner8:17

    xG 0.35–0.52 (40%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Vermette – Chipchura2:27

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Yandle4:29

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Schlemko11:50

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Klesla – Stone11:09

    xG 0.74–1.12 (40%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Saad10:38

    xG 0.99–0.24 (81%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw8:02

    xG 0.73–0.37 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Bolland – Kane – Kruger8:45

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Toews – Kane2:32

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Leddy12:48

    xG 0.93–0.22 (81%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson15:03

    xG 0.80–0.27 (75%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Oduya – Brookbank10:55

    xG 0.65–0.59 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

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.

CHI 3.6 xGPHX 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #163 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 77% of the time.

CHI winsPHX wins

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

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