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Thu, Oct 19, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 83% of the time.

COL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI080703018
COL22211118441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:46COLLogan O'ConnorSHGWGAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:41COLRyan JohansenPPAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Mikko Rantanen · Bat, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:18COLDevon ToewsAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Tomas Tatar · Snap, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:40COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Tomas Tatar, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:41COLBowen Byram: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 17:35CHITyler Johnson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:45CHITaylor Hall: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:03COLBowen Byram: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:19CHINikita Zaitsev: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:29COLRyan Johansen: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:28COLMiles Wood: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICOL
18Shots on goal41
2.0Expected goals4.1
36Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits9
16Blocked shots9
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways6

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. bestPerry – Foligno – Dickinson7:16

    xG 0.65–0.11 (85%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Raddysh – Reichel6:17

    xG 0.31–0.19 (61%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Katchouk – Raddysh – Bedard2:35

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Donato – Entwistle2:52

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Korchinski12:18

    xG 0.94–0.60 (61%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  2. Zaitsev – Korchinski2:05

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

  3. Zaitsev – Kaiser12:51

    xG 0.22–0.52 (30%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Lehkonen – Nichushkin10:08

    xG 0.32–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – MacKinnon – Rantanen6:25

    xG 0.49–0.25 (67%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Olofsson – O'Connor7:41

    xG 0.31–0.07 (82%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  4. Wood – Drouin – Colton4:41

    xG 0.18–0.10 (66%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Manson11:04

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Girard – Byram15:01

    xG 0.44–0.03 (93%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Makar14:37

    xG 0.75–1.10 (41%)attempts 19–16goals 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 4.1 xGCHI 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1266 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 83% 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).