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Thu, Jan 26, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 61% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1931416529
CGY16011018135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:47CHITaylor RaddyshAssists: Max Domi, Philipp Kurashev · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:32CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Nazem Kadri, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:39CHIBoris KatchoukGWGAssists: Luke Philp, Ian Mitchell · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:37CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Patrick Kane, Andreas Athanasiou · Snap, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:09CHISam LaffertyAssists: Colin Blackwell, MacKenzie Entwistle · Snap, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:17CHIConnor MurphyENAssists: Boris Katchouk · Wrist, 0.53 xG5–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:05CHIJason Dickinson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:29CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min
  3. P3 12:42CHIColin Blackwell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 16:05CHILuke Philp: 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
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICGY
29Shots on goal35
3.8Expected goals3.2
49Shot attempts70
32Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
17Hits12
18Blocked shots6
16Giveaways11
11Takeaways6

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. bestDomi – Raddysh – Kurashev12:50

    xG 0.94–0.55 (63%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Lafferty – Entwistle8:30

    xG 0.75–0.47 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Kane – Athanasiou – Dickinson11:56

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  4. Philp – Katchouk – Johnson9:51

    xG 0.16–0.48 (24%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Murphy15:35

    xG 0.90–0.57 (61%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Mitchell14:38

    xG 0.91–0.81 (53%)attempts 14–15goals 2–0

  3. Jones – Jones2:04

    xG 0.02–0.03 (38%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier3:31

    xG 0.52–0.07 (88%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane4:45

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Coleman – Huberdeau6:32

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 1–2

  4. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube12:39

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson16:46

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Stone – Mackey12:00

    xG 1.19–1.15 (51%)attempts 21–16goals 0–1

  3. Weegar – Zadorov18:22

    xG 0.61–0.74 (45%)attempts 19–14goals 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 3.2 xGCHI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #988 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 61% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

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

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