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Tue, Oct 21, 2014·United Center, Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 89% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI09010013032
CHI31908116443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:54CHIBrandon SaadGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Bryan Bickell · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:26CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:00CHIBryan BickellAssists: Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:50CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Duncan Keith, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.49 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:11PHIMichael Raffl: Kneeing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:53CHIKris Versteeg: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:51PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:13PHIMichael Raffl: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:38PHIBlair Jones: Charging2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:43CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Holding2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICHI
32Shots on goal43
2.0Expected goals5.0
55Shot attempts71
34Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits18
15Blocked shots15
3Giveaways1
3Takeaways12

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl13:08

    xG 0.95–0.62 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – Jones – Rinaldo6:44

    xG 0.07–0.25 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Bellemare10:09

    xG 0.05–0.29 (15%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Read – Couturier8:51

    xG 0.21–1.33 (14%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – MacDonald7:13

    xG 0.45–0.17 (73%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Grossmann7:02

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Del Zotto2:50

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Bickell – Saad11:21

    xG 1.38–0.27 (84%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Versteeg – Kane – Shaw11:52

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Toews10:45

    xG 0.28–0.28 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Carcillo – Smith – Kruger6:34

    xG 0.32–0.39 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook14:32

    xG 1.49–0.47 (76%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – van Riemsdyk15:51

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson17:32

    xG 0.82–0.95 (46%)attempts 13–23goals 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 5.0 xGPHI 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1197 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 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 89% of the time.

CHI winsPHI wins

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

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