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Sun, Nov 3, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 68% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY0111101811330
CHI01811211400244

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:25CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Sheldon Brookbank, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:15CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Dennis Wideman, Joe Colborne · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:16CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Chris Butler, Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:41CHIMarian HossaPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:32CGYKris RussellGWGAssists: Curtis Glencross, Dennis Wideman · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:07CGYBrian McGrattan: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:03CHIMarian Hossa: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  3. P3 13:40CGYChris Butler: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:58CGYMatt Stajan: Concealing puck2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Pirri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
30Shots on goal44
2.3Expected goals3.4
43Shot attempts85
29Faceoffs won45
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
19Hits24
26Blocked shots7
7Giveaways4
11Takeaways13

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. bestCammalleri – Galiardi – Colborne15:26

    xG 1.00–0.48 (67%)attempts 17–21goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Jones – Glencross14:44

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  3. Hudler – Baertschi – Monahan11:08

    xG 0.12–0.22 (34%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. McGrattan – Jackman – Backlund5:14

    xG 0.16–0.31 (35%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Russell20:23

    xG 0.93–0.50 (65%)attempts 24–21goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – Smith6:58

    xG 0.05–0.12 (29%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Brodie22:00

    xG 0.80–1.05 (43%)attempts 12–28goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Pirri – Saad7:03

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Kane – Shaw2:58

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig8:25

    xG 0.11–0.12 (46%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Shaw – Saad4:28

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson18:29

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 29–12goals 0–1

  2. Keith – Seabrook17:35

    xG 0.76–0.72 (51%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Leddy16:47

    xG 0.57–0.70 (45%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

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 3.4 xGCGY 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #459 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 68% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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