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Tue, Jan 14, 2014·United Center, Chicago

Colorado Avalanche 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 65% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL290601011326
CHI01311611504248

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:58COLTyson BarrieAssists: Ryan Wilson, John Mitchell · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:00COLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Nick Holden, Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:12CHIJohnny OduyaAssists: Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:27CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Brandon Saad, Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:09COLTyson BarriePPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.18 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:10COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:21COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:50CHIKris Versteeg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:04CHIMarian Hossa: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 18:33COLMax Talbot: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 1:28COLMatt Duchene: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:34COLJamie McGinn: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:26CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 3:34CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCHI
26Shots on goal48
2.8Expected goals3.7
37Shot attempts88
28Faceoffs won39
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits13
23Blocked shots8
5Giveaways3
2Takeaways6

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene13:14

    xG 0.78–0.13 (86%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – McLeod – Cliche3:33

    xG 0.01–0.03 (29%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Landeskog – MacKinnon6:12

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche4:13

    xG 0.42–0.67 (38%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Holden6:13

    xG 0.54–0.07 (89%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Wilson – Barrie11:31

    xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Benoit – Barrie5:11

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Kruger – Bollig9:14

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Bickell – Versteeg4:37

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Toews13:01

    xG 0.52–0.64 (45%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Shaw – Saad11:14

    xG 0.44–0.78 (36%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Leddy9:13

    xG 0.88–0.03 (97%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson16:57

    xG 0.61–0.77 (44%)attempts 22–11goals 1–1

  3. Keith – Seabrook16:27

    xG 0.62–0.86 (42%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

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 xGCOL 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #369 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 65% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

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

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