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Fri, Nov 20, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Calgary Flames 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI17080400119
CGY1130401416237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:05CGYSean MonahanAssists: Kris Russell, Johnny Gaudreau · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:59CHIArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:38CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:46CGYDougie Hamilton: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:20CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P1 18:17CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:04CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:31CGYMichael Frolik: 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 SOG0CGY
47% to win54% to win
← CHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICGY
19Shots on goal37
1.5Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts61
27Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
5Hits18
16Blocked shots18
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways10

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. bestTikhonov – Garbutt – Kero7:36

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Desjardins – Mashinter – Kruger7:32

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Kruger – Kero2:10

    xG 0.02–0.10 (17%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Toews – Shaw11:31

    xG 0.19–0.29 (39%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson16:27

    xG 0.16–0.11 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Daley10:34

    xG 0.23–0.18 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook3:35

    xG 0.05–0.64 (7%)attempts 1–8goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestRaymond – Gaudreau – Monahan14:19

    xG 1.29–0.34 (79%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Jones – Colborne10:57

    xG 0.32–0.11 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Bennett11:30

    xG 0.11–0.14 (45%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Bollig – Ferland – Jooris7:12

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie14:37

    xG 0.50–0.12 (81%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Brodie3:40

    xG 0.46–0.10 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Hamilton4:48

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 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.

CGY 2.9 xGCHI 1.5 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 33/100 · #857 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% 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).