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Tue, Feb 6, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 63% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0616211323
CHI111012113236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:35CHIAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:10CGYDougie HamiltonAssists: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:30CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Michael Stone, TJ Brodie · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:09CGYSean MonahanENGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:53CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Artem Anisimov, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:56CGYMicheal Ferland: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:06CHIErik Gustafsson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:26CHIBrent Seabrook: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 1:24CHITomas Jurco: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:53CGYSam Bennett: Interference2 min
  6. P2 11:58CGYTravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:57CGYSam Bennett: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 1:35CHIRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:17CGYDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  10. P3 14:07CGYTroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 14:07CHIArtem Anisimov: Roughing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Schmaltz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
23Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals3.5
61Shot attempts75
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
32Hits7
18Blocked shots27
4Giveaways5
10Takeaways13

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan11:01

    xG 0.60–0.25 (71%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Brouwer – Jankowski – Bennett4:39

    xG 0.02–0.11 (16%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:08

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Lazar – Hathaway4:59

    xG 0.02–0.36 (5%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton13:28

    xG 0.51–0.36 (58%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  2. Stone – Kulak7:44

    xG 0.13–0.28 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie16:33

    xG 0.11–0.78 (12%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Saad – Hartman4:48

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz11:37

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Jurco – Hinostroza – Kampf6:25

    xG 0.23–0.18 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Duclair – DeBrincat10:58

    xG 0.30–0.43 (42%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Gustafsson12:14

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Kempny – Rutta8:25

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Oesterle15:27

    xG 0.33–0.53 (38%)attempts 13–23goals 0–2

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 3.5 xGCGY 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #670 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 63% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

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

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