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Sat, Jan 27, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI01109012032
CGY01111208131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:55CGYElias LindholmPPGWGAssists: Yegor Sharangovich, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:51CGYAdam Klapka: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:36CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:08CHIColin Blackwell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:02CGYBlake Coleman: 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
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHICGY
32Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals2.9
58Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits25
19Blocked shots11
11Giveaways16
9Takeaways5

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. bestBlackwell – Dickinson – Anderson9:15

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Donato – Entwistle – Reichel12:13

    xG 0.48–0.31 (60%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Raddysh – Kurashev13:08

    xG 0.43–0.62 (41%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Sanford – Katchouk – Johnson7:38

    xG 0.29–0.53 (36%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMegna – Korchinski12:26

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Vlasic16:02

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Tinordi – Megna2:03

    xG 0.01–0.00 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Coleman – Mangiapane13:43

    xG 0.74–0.01 (99%)attempts 24–2goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Sharangovich – Coronato10:57

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Huberdeau – Zary11:07

    xG 0.34–0.92 (27%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin18:51

    xG 0.98–0.15 (87%)attempts 25–9goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson2:12

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Gilbert7:44

    xG 0.25–0.45 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

CGY 2.9 xGCHI 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1213 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (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, Calgary Flames win this game 57% 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).