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Tue, Oct 25, 2011·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA05213011021231
CHI0111919062335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:58ANARyan GetzlafPPAssists: Corey Perry, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:16CHIMarian HossaAssists: Patrick Kane, Sean O'Donnell · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:22ANATeemu SelanneAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:57CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.01 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  3. 3. ANA Teemu Selanne scored
  4. 4. CHI Dave Bolland stopped
  5. 5. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  6. 6. CHI Patrick Kane scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:51ANACorey Perry: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 10:33CHISean O'Donnell: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:53CHIDave Bolland: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:58CHIJamal Mayers: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:58ANASheldon Brookbank: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:41CHINick Leddy: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:36ANAPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:26CHISean O'Donnell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 10:08CHIPatrick Kane: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 17:50CHIMarian Hossa: Interference2 min
  11. OT 4:57ANABobby Ryan: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bolland won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
31Shots on goal35
3.0Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won31
6Power plays3
11Penalty minutes17
22Hits25
14Blocked shots15
4Giveaways5
6Takeaways8

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. bestGordon – Cogliano – McMillan6:54

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan10:20

    xG 0.24–0.60 (28%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Maroon13:30

    xG 0.13–0.59 (18%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lydman – Visnovsky16:57

    xG 0.83–0.87 (49%)attempts 12–18goals 1–2

  2. Visnovsky – Fowler2:10

    xG 0.02–0.10 (16%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Sbisa5:48

    xG 0.18–0.37 (32%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBolland – Bickell – Frolik10:37

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Brunette – Sharp – Toews8:22

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Stalberg – Kruger2:05

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Stalberg – Frolik – Kruger2:25

    xG 0.04–0.02 (67%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson13:07

    xG 0.55–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. O'Donnell – Montador9:39

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook2:37

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)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 3.0 xGANA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 77/100 · #245 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

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

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