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Sun, Jan 2, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI110011019140
ANA191702218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32ANAAndreas LiljaAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Brandon McMillan · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:08CHIBryan BickellAssists: Brian Campbell, Dave Bolland · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:46ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Matt Beleskey, Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:31CHIDave Bolland: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:00ANANick Bonino: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 6:39CHIPatrick Sharp: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:50CHITomas Kopecky: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:39ANAAndreas Lilja: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 4:03CHIPatrick Kane: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bolland won the faceoff against Marchant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
40Shots on goal18
3.7Expected goals2.0
71Shot attempts39
18Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits29
10Blocked shots13
10Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

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. bestHossa – Kopecky – Bickell7:40

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Skille – Stalberg2:34

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Brouwer – Kane7:10

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Dowell – Skille – Stalberg5:02

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Keith4:24

    xG 1.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 16–0goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook16:41

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Campbell – Hjalmarsson14:20

    xG 0.65–0.38 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestParros – Chipchura – Bonino2:24

    xG 0.27–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Marchant – Parros – Bonino2:37

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – McMillan10:39

    xG 0.14–0.41 (25%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Lupul – Chipchura6:20

    xG 0.05–0.58 (8%)attempts 1–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lydman – Visnovsky15:23

    xG 0.39–0.68 (36%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler15:50

    xG 0.55–1.19 (32%)attempts 13–23goals 1–0

  3. Sutton – Sbisa12:25

    xG 0.13–0.82 (13%)attempts 4–16goals 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.

ANA 2.0 xGCHI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #945 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 78% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

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

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