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Sun, Nov 14, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 85% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA110061703226
CHI1131160915343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:37CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Patrick Sharp, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:34ANACorey PerryUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:24CHIMarian HossaPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:36ANACorey PerryAssists: Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:32CHIViktor StalbergGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:26ANAToni Lydman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:38CHIMarian Hossa: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:38ANAAaron Voros: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:49ANAKyle Palmieri: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:58ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:07CHITomas Kopecky: Boarding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
26Shots on goal43
2.3Expected goals5.0
49Shot attempts84
29Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
28Hits27
18Blocked shots12
3Giveaways5
7Takeaways20

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Palmieri5:26

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Green – Bonino – Palmieri3:54

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Bonino – Palmieri2:01

    xG 0.06–0.12 (32%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Parros – Ryan – Bonino3:16

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Sbisa7:19

    xG 0.36–0.27 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky19:38

    xG 0.56–1.16 (33%)attempts 14–23goals 2–0

  3. Mara – Fowler18:21

    xG 0.28–1.18 (19%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Sharp – Bolland13:54

    xG 1.02–0.27 (79%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Stalberg – Toews – Kane12:57

    xG 0.91–0.21 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Pisani – Kopecky – Brouwer6:39

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Dowell – Skille9:21

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoynton – Keith14:52

    xG 1.07–0.30 (78%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson15:18

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Campbell – Keith2:57

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

CHI 5.0 xGANA 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #490 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 85% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).