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Wed, Feb 5, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 64% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI091917225
ANA0150806029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:39CHIMarian HossaGWGAssists: Patrick Sharp, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:29CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Marian Hossa · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:03ANAKyle Palmieri: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:00CHIAndrew Shaw: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:21CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:07CHIAndrew Shaw: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 16:11CHIMichal Rozsival: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 9:48ANAMatt Beleskey: Interference goalkeeper2 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
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
25Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals3.0
44Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
16Hits33
22Blocked shots11
11Giveaways10
3Takeaways6

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. bestHandzus – Versteeg – Kane8:45

    xG 0.42–0.16 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Shaw – Saad7:41

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Sharp – Toews12:10

    xG 0.70–0.64 (52%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  4. Smith – Kruger – Bollig8:26

    xG 0.03–0.23 (11%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook11:28

    xG 0.82–0.28 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Brookbank – Leddy12:58

    xG 0.66–0.29 (69%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Hjalmarsson17:08

    xG 0.28–0.69 (29%)attempts 7–20goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Palmieri3:29

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Cogliano – Etem8:04

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Penner9:51

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Winnik – Beleskey – Palmieri6:22

    xG 0.01–0.42 (2%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm17:58

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler11:14

    xG 0.60–0.57 (51%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Sbisa – Vatanen11:26

    xG 0.30–0.84 (27%)attempts 10–14goals 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 3.0 xGCHI 2.2 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 1/100 · #1202 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 64% 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).