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Tue, Jan 28, 2014·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Calgary Flames 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 56% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI2102140900433
CGY282100714529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Lee Stempniak · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:43CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Kris Versteeg, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:34CGYLance BoumaAssists: Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:35CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:21CGYMatt StajanAssists: David Jones · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:25CGYMikael BacklundSHAssists: Lee Stempniak, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–4
  7. P2 13:12CHIBen SmithAssists: Brandon Bollig, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P2 17:33CHIMarian HossaSHAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:26CGYTJ BrodieGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Lee Stempniak · Wrap-around, 0.12 xG4–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:42CGYBen Street: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 15:58CHIJohnny Oduya: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:46CHIKris Versteeg: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackCGY 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.

CHICGY
33Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.8
71Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
11Hits18
9Blocked shots25
7Giveaways13
7Takeaways11

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. bestHossa – Sharp – Toews12:07

    xG 0.95–0.27 (78%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  2. Sharp – Toews – Kane3:04

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig8:46

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

  4. Versteeg – Kane – Pirri12:04

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Leddy15:11

    xG 0.79–0.24 (77%)attempts 19–6goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Seabrook15:42

    xG 1.06–0.80 (57%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  3. Rozsival – Keith2:11

    xG 0.02–0.06 (25%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGrattan – Westgarth – Street6:57

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Galiardi – Colborne – Monahan11:23

    xG 0.17–0.31 (35%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma11:53

    xG 0.53–0.73 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 2–2

  4. Hudler – Stempniak – Backlund15:00

    xG 0.43–0.67 (39%)attempts 8–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Smid12:31

    xG 0.73–0.38 (66%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Russell – Butler16:46

    xG 0.58–0.38 (60%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie15:49

    xG 0.43–1.14 (28%)attempts 9–20goals 1–2

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.

CGY 2.8 xGCHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #59 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 56% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

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

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