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Thu, Feb 29, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Colorado Avalanche 5, Chicago Blackhawks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 85% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL110311112533
CHI0130506024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:58COLZach PariseGWGAssists: Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:56COLRoss ColtonPPAssists: Zach Parise, Nathan MacKinnon · Snap, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:38COLZach PariseAssists: Ryan Johansen, Jonathan Drouin · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:58COLDevon ToewsAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.06 xG4–0
  5. P3 17:32COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 4:58CHIConnor Bedard: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:34COLBowen Byram: Holding2 min
  3. P2 11:23CHIReese Johnson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 11:23COLChris Wagner: Fighting5 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCHI
33Shots on goal24
3.5Expected goals1.3
70Shot attempts42
20Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
20Hits18
10Blocked shots17
4Giveaways12
2Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:34

    xG 0.98–0.09 (92%)attempts 16–3goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Johansen – Drouin11:58

    xG 0.75–0.33 (70%)attempts 23–10goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Wagner – Kiviranta6:07

    xG 0.06–0.08 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Wood – Colton – O'Connor10:43

    xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar15:18

    xG 1.06–0.26 (80%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Manson – Girard15:51

    xG 0.94–0.35 (73%)attempts 26–9goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Byram13:27

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Entwistle – Johnson4:14

    xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Beauvillier – Entwistle – Johnson2:24

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Donato – Kurashev – Bedard4:57

    xG 0.11–0.15 (41%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh12:20

    xG 0.28–0.49 (36%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Crevier2:02

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Korchinski3:06

    xG 0.16–0.29 (36%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Megna – Korchinski13:53

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

CHI 1.3 xGCOL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1251 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CHI 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 85% of the time.

CHI winsCOL wins

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

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