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Sat, Mar 26, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0927211427
CGY09112011132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:51CHIAndrew LaddUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:47CGYDougie HamiltonAssists: Freddie Hamilton, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:11CHIAndrew ShawGWGAssists: Michal Rozsival, Andrew Ladd · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:48CHIAndrew LaddENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.65 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:48CHITeuvo TeravainenENAssists: Patrick Kane, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.72 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 3:10CGYSam Bennett: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:41CHIAndrew Shaw: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 13:41CGYGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:21CHIJonathan Toews: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:21CGYDougie Hamilton: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:21CHIJonathan Toews: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:01CHIAndrew Shaw: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 7:02CGYGarnet Hathaway: 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
27Shots on goal32
4.0Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
6Hits18
13Blocked shots12
9Giveaways13
9Takeaways9

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. bestFleischmann – Panik – Teravainen8:18

    xG 0.70–0.22 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw9:58

    xG 0.08–0.04 (66%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin11:15

    xG 0.41–0.67 (38%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Ladd – Toews11:03

    xG 0.01–0.29 (4%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – van Riemsdyk14:03

    xG 0.94–0.31 (75%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – van Riemsdyk2:41

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson17:57

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestColborne – Hathaway – Bennett11:04

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Gaudreau – Monahan10:29

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Bouma12:52

    xG 0.73–0.54 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bollig – Ferland6:07

    xG 0.13–0.87 (13%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Hamilton15:23

    xG 0.97–0.57 (63%)attempts 19–13goals 1–1

  2. Jokipakka – Nakladal11:06

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Hamilton2:00

    xG 0.02–0.05 (28%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

CGY 3.0 xGCHI 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #793 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 67% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

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

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