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Wed, Mar 20, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 82% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1511108224
ANA1110738426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:24ANAPeter HollandAssists: Luca Sbisa, Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:52CHIJonathan ToewsSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:54CHINick LeddyPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Brandon Saad · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:33ANABobby RyanAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Kyle Palmieri · Tip-in, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:37ANATeemu SelanneGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:39ANASheldon SourayENAssists: Jonas Hiller · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:56CHIBrandon Bollig: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:21ANAToni Lydman: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:29ANASheldon Souray: Holding2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Selanne won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
24Shots on goal26
1.5Expected goals3.3
50Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
22Hits37
11Blocked shots16
12Giveaways8
3Takeaways5

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. bestFrolik – Kruger – Bollig9:10

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw9:01

    xG 0.16–0.30 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Bolland – Kane – Hayes11:25

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

  4. Toews – Kane – Saad9:04

    xG 0.19–0.67 (22%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook17:31

    xG 0.71–0.28 (72%)attempts 22–8goals 0–1

  2. Brookbank – Keith2:55

    xG 0.04–0.10 (29%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson15:44

    xG 0.31–0.77 (29%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Getzlaf – Ryan10:07

    xG 0.56–0.28 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Palmieri – Holland – Etem9:40

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Winnik4:08

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Palmieri – Holland2:02

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Beauchemin16:08

    xG 0.81–0.30 (73%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Lydman – Fowler18:19

    xG 0.63–0.31 (67%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Sbisa16:34

    xG 0.62–0.45 (58%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

ANA 3.3 xGCHI 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #315 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 82% 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).