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Tue, Nov 19, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 78% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI017010110137
COL381718523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:37COLPaul StastnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:21COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Andre Benoit, Ryan O'Reilly · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:17COLJohn MitchellAssists: Max Talbot, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:38COLPA ParenteauAssists: Paul Stastny, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 1:44COLCody McLeodAssists: Tyson Barrie, Max Talbot · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–5
  6. P3 12:10CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–5
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 2:29COLBrad Malone: Boarding2 min
  2. P3 7:58CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICOL
37Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals1.8
67Shot attempts41
30Faceoffs won21
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
12Hits28
9Blocked shots15
4Giveaways3
6Takeaways14

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Pirri – Saad3:18

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Kruger – Bollig4:45

    xG 0.58–0.16 (79%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Sharp – Toews – Saad7:48

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  4. Sharp – Toews – Kane4:38

    xG 0.03–0.05 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook15:53

    xG 1.05–0.56 (65%)attempts 23–12goals 1–2

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson14:33

    xG 0.77–0.67 (53%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Rozsival – Leddy11:51

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – Mitchell – McLeod12:27

    xG 0.66–0.32 (68%)attempts 8–15goals 2–0

  2. O'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon15:41

    xG 0.56–0.53 (51%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Stastny – McGinn12:18

    xG 0.29–0.76 (27%)attempts 8–13goals 2–1

  4. Bordeleau – Cliche – Malone8:37

    xG 0.01–0.50 (2%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Barrie16:48

    xG 0.98–0.48 (67%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson17:22

    xG 0.20–0.60 (25%)attempts 6–14goals 2–0

  3. Guenin – Benoit15:01

    xG 0.29–1.16 (20%)attempts 9–22goals 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.

COL 1.8 xGCHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1043 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 78% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

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

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