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Sat, Feb 3, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Calgary Flames 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 64% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI1122120301328
CGY01321411111439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:40CHINick SchmaltzAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:53CHIVinnie HinostrozaPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.34 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:56CGYMatt StajanAssists: Travis Hamonic, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:33CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Micheal Ferland, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:13CHIAnthony DuclairUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:50CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:59CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 1:25CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P2 18:32CHILance Bouma: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICGY
28Shots on goal39
3.2Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts78
28Faceoffs won40
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
16Hits27
20Blocked shots15
11Giveaways16
10Takeaways9

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. bestJurco – Hinostroza – Kampf11:50

    xG 0.74–0.28 (72%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Bouma – Wingels – Saad10:10

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Toews – Duclair – DeBrincat13:51

    xG 0.58–1.04 (36%)attempts 10–24goals 1–1

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz13:32

    xG 0.50–1.02 (33%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Gustafsson14:46

    xG 1.30–0.88 (60%)attempts 18–20goals 0–1

  2. Murphy – Rutta13:35

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Oesterle23:04

    xG 0.48–1.44 (25%)attempts 18–29goals 1–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk16:42

    xG 1.14–0.61 (65%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Stajan – Hathaway – Mangiapane2:41

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Lazar – Hathaway5:08

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Brouwer – Bennett2:01

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton21:34

    xG 1.38–0.87 (61%)attempts 23–14goals 1–1

  2. Hamonic – Brodie19:26

    xG 1.22–0.93 (57%)attempts 33–19goals 2–0

  3. Stone – Brodie2:03

    xG 0.20–0.19 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

CGY 4.1 xGCHI 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 82/100 · #235 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 64% 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).