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Tue, Mar 26, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Calgary Flames 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY05014120139
CHI2150418327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:35CHISeth JonesPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Connor Bedard · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:15CHIJason DickinsonGWGAssists: Joey Anderson, Landon Slaggert · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:15CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Joey Anderson, Landon Slaggert · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:25CGYMacKenzie WeegarAssists: Nazem Kadri, Connor Zary · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:47CGYDaniil Miromanov: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 1:50CGYMikael Backlund: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:49CHIJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:02CHIKevin Korchinski: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCHI
39Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals2.9
82Shot attempts45
29Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits19
9Blocked shots19
2Giveaways5
5Takeaways3

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. bestKadri – Pospisil – Zary9:22

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Zary2:27

    xG 0.10–0.07 (60%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Greer – Rooney – Coronato3:40

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  4. Huberdeau – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko9:30

    xG 0.40–0.52 (43%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Kylington13:20

    xG 0.61–0.55 (53%)attempts 21–12goals 0–1

  2. Weegar – Miromanov17:35

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Kylington – Pachal2:16

    xG 0.01–0.02 (26%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDickinson – Anderson – Slaggert8:55

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  2. Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh9:24

    xG 0.44–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  3. Athanasiou – Entwistle – Reichel9:05

    xG 0.08–0.12 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Kurashev – Bedard14:11

    xG 0.31–0.58 (35%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZaitsev – Kaiser12:27

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  2. Megna – Korchinski13:04

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic16:03

    xG 0.55–0.74 (43%)attempts 8–24goals 1–0

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 2.9 xGCGY 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1141 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

CHI winsCGY wins

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

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