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Sun, Mar 24, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Colorado Avalanche 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

CHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL071100300120
CHI01401111512242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:26COLAlexander KerfootPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Nathan MacKinnon · Deflected, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:44CHIArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Brent Seabrook · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:23CHIDuncan KeithGWGAssists: Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:56COLPatrik Nemeth: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 5:09CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:38CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:09CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:45COLDerick Brassard: Boarding2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCHI
20Shots on goal42
1.9Expected goals2.6
47Shot attempts75
27Faceoffs won38
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
35Hits28
24Blocked shots23
9Giveaways11
9Takeaways8

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. bestBrassard – Calvert – Jost3:10

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Wilson – Andrighetto2:58

    xG 0.10–0.12 (44%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Brassard – Calvert2:19

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Compher – MacKinnon7:33

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Zadorov9:20

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Barrie8:49

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – DeBrincat16:19

    xG 0.81–0.22 (79%)attempts 27–14goals 0–0

  2. Perlini – Strome – Kampf4:46

    xG 0.18–0.00 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Saad – Sikura11:40

    xG 0.25–0.15 (62%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Kruger – Kampf3:06

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson17:02

    xG 0.74–0.42 (64%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Koekkoek13:19

    xG 0.37–0.22 (62%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Seabrook – Forsling15:27

    xG 0.23–0.50 (32%)attempts 15–18goals 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.

CHI 2.6 xGCOL 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 36/100 · #785 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 winsCOL wins

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

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