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Sun, Jan 8, 2023·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 75% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY11821601102347
CHI2101401011425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39CHILukas ReichelAssists: Seth Jones · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:49CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:10CHIColin BlackwellAssists: Sam Lafferty, Reese Johnson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:35CHIPhilipp KurashevAssists: Lukas Reichel, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:02CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 9:40CGYNazem KadriPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:04CHIMax DomiGWGAssists: Lukas Reichel, Jake McCabe · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:36CHITyler Johnson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:30CHIJake McCabe: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:30CGYMichael Stone: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:31CHIIan Mitchell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 15:44CGYDillon Dube: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 15:44CGYDillon Dube: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:44CHIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:23CHISeth Jones: Kneeing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
47Shots on goal25
3.7Expected goals2.2
86Shot attempts47
35Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes13
21Hits22
14Blocked shots23
5Giveaways15
7Takeaways9

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. bestBacklund – Coleman – Mangiapane12:49

    xG 0.88–0.06 (93%)attempts 21–4goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau12:37

    xG 0.78–0.64 (55%)attempts 21–15goals 1–1

  3. Lewis – Ruzicka – Zohorna5:55

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube11:04

    xG 0.31–0.75 (29%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Weegar18:52

    xG 1.31–0.37 (78%)attempts 27–15goals 1–0

  2. Zadorov – Andersson3:25

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson17:17

    xG 0.54–0.58 (48%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAthanasiou – Dickinson – Seney9:56

    xG 0.44–0.30 (59%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  2. Domi – Kurashev – Reichel14:23

    xG 1.15–1.04 (53%)attempts 18–21goals 2–0

  3. Blackwell – Lafferty – Johnson7:01

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Toews – Johnson – Raddysh13:18

    xG 0.07–0.53 (12%)attempts 9–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Jones2:10

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Jones17:48

    xG 1.10–0.98 (53%)attempts 19–19goals 2–0

  3. Murphy – Jones3:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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 2.2 xGCGY 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 75/100 · #388 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 75% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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