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Mon, Jan 24, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0100707024
COL0811516229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:24COLNazem KadriPPGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:41COLMikko RantanenAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Devon Toews · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:04COLDevon Toews: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:40CHIBrandon Hagel: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:55CHISeth Jones: Interference2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICOL
24Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts62
23Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
19Hits23
20Blocked shots13
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways11

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. bestCarpenter – Borgstrom – Entwistle6:06

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Lafferty – DeBrincat9:34

    xG 0.47–0.44 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Kubalik – Kurashev – Dach10:37

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Strome – Hagel11:43

    xG 0.36–0.56 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Murphy6:21

    xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Jones7:06

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  3. Gustafsson – Jones8:53

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:49

    xG 0.68–0.48 (58%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin8:59

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Aube-Kubel – Jost – Maltsev4:46

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Compher – O'Connor – Newhook3:04

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Makar5:48

    xG 0.41–0.07 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Girard4:46

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Johnson4:37

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 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.

COL 2.7 xGCHI 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1309 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

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

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