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Fri, Dec 23, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Colorado Avalanche 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 55% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL0130111911234
CHI01211501200139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:52CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:42COLMikko RantanenAssists: Tyson Barrie, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:25COLNathan MacKinnonGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:24COLMikhail Grigorenko: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 9:55COLRene Bourque: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:38CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Holding2 min
  4. P2 19:22COLMikko Rantanen: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 3:01COLAndreas Martinsen: Interference2 min
  6. P3 8:54COLJoe Colborne: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:54CHIVinnie Hinostroza: Cross checking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← COL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCHI
34Shots on goal39
3.0Expected goals3.2
54Shot attempts68
30Faceoffs won38
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
40Hits17
19Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
8Takeaways8

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:58

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Bourque – Duchene – Grigorenko11:01

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Colborne – Martinsen5:15

    xG 0.06–0.11 (34%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Comeau – Soderberg9:53

    xG 0.53–0.70 (43%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goloubef – Gelinas10:18

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Barrie10:05

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Barrie2:19

    xG 0.07–0.06 (56%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHinostroza – Hartman – Kero4:40

    xG 0.39–0.09 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Hinostroza – Motte – Hartman4:58

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Panarin16:15

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Desjardins – Kero3:02

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Forsling10:44

    xG 0.71–0.42 (63%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook2:03

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson15:41

    xG 0.38–0.37 (50%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

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 3.2 xGCOL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #699 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 55% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

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

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