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Fri, Apr 26, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 71% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0511308126
CHI213012113338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:34CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:02CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Brandon Saad, Marian Hossa · Backhand, 0.43 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:43CGYChris ButlerSHAssists: Lee Stempniak, Ben Street · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:06CHIMarcus KrugerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 9:55CGYBlair Jones: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 13:52CGYMark Giordano: 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 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
26Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals3.7
40Shot attempts78
24Faceoffs won32
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
30Hits28
24Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways9

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. bestStajan – Stempniak – Bancks2:26

    xG 0.17–0.01 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Street5:18

    xG 0.21–0.15 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. McGrattan – Backlund – Horak2:13

    xG 0.02–0.01 (59%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Aliu – Backlund – Horak3:48

    xG 0.05–0.08 (36%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Sarich – Giordano18:10

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Butler17:16

    xG 0.51–1.08 (32%)attempts 9–25goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Cundari13:42

    xG 0.25–1.03 (19%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Sharp – Kane10:50

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw10:54

    xG 0.65–0.40 (62%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Kane – Shaw2:11

    xG 0.05–0.03 (65%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Kruger – Bollig10:14

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Leddy18:31

    xG 1.37–0.27 (83%)attempts 27–7goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – Oduya17:00

    xG 0.82–0.68 (55%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  3. Brookbank – Keith16:11

    xG 0.94–1.13 (45%)attempts 17–15goals 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 3.7 xGCGY 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #601 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 4 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 71% 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).