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Tue, Oct 28, 2014·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 75% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01001015125
CHI09011018038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:32ANADevante Smith-PellySHGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:11ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:11CHIAndrew Shaw: Embellishment2 min
  3. P1 14:55CHIBryan Bickell: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:15ANAClayton Stoner: Holding2 min
  5. P3 9:34ANASami Vatanen: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 17:25ANASami Vatanen: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Shaw
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
25Shots on goal38
1.5Expected goals2.9
44Shot attempts66
22Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
37Hits16
18Blocked shots9
1Giveaways2
4Takeaways11

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. Kesler – Cogliano – Smith-Pelly11:55

    xG 0.26–0.34 (43%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Beleskey – Silfverberg9:22

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Getzlaf – Perry11:42

    xG 0.15–0.46 (25%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Jackman – Etem – Rakell7:34

    xG 0.06–0.55 (9%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Fowler15:57

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm14:56

    xG 0.26–0.90 (23%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  3. Fistric – Vatanen13:48

    xG 0.18–0.81 (18%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Bickell – Toews11:10

    xG 0.74–0.20 (79%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Shaw – Saad11:09

    xG 0.74–0.44 (63%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Sharp – Versteeg10:02

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Morin – Kruger8:26

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – van Riemsdyk13:54

    xG 0.98–0.24 (80%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook16:04

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson13:45

    xG 0.55–0.43 (56%)attempts 12–11goals 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 2.9 xGANA 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1116 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 75% 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).