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Wed, Oct 14, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0609015030
PHI0821516329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:35PHISam GagnerPPGWGAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:21PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Michael Raffl, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:25PHIMatt ReadAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.31 xG0–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:51CHITeuvo Teravainen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:02PHIRadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:38CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:15CHIRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:39CHIViktor Tikhonov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:12CHIArtemi Panarin: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 13:13PHIBrayden Schenn: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 2:16PHIChris VandeVelde: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 10:47PHIRyan White: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 12:24PHIRadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 19:47CHITeuvo Teravainen: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIPHI
30Shots on goal29
4.5Expected goals4.6
62Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won26
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
27Hits28
14Blocked shots17
8Giveaways3
5Takeaways3

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 – Toews – Tikhonov3:19

    xG 1.02–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Tikhonov – Teravainen4:42

    xG 0.65–0.04 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw4:27

    xG 0.02–0.16 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Toews – Garbutt3:17

    xG 0.09–0.46 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Svedberg9:45

    xG 1.21–0.33 (78%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Daley – van Riemsdyk12:23

    xG 0.35–0.70 (33%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson11:21

    xG 0.42–1.17 (26%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Couturier7:28

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare10:02

    xG 0.46–0.40 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl9:29

    xG 0.38–0.46 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  4. Gagner – Read – Laughton4:24

    xG 0.32–0.76 (30%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Manning15:24

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz11:08

    xG 0.89–0.50 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Streit – Medvedev2:49

    xG 0.38–0.25 (61%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

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.

PHI 4.6 xGCHI 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1110 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50PHI 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 51% of the time.

PHI winsCHI wins

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

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