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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI09018010037
ANA1811028426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:53ANACorey PerryPPGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Sami Vatanen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:08ANAChris WagnerAssists: Ondrej Kase, Logan Shaw · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:42ANARyan KeslerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:43ANARickard RakellAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Patrick Eaves · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:05ANAJosh Manson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 2:12CHINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 6:05CHIMichal Rozsival: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:19ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 1:46CHITomas Jurco: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 6:00CHIMichal Rozsival: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 6:00ANANick Ritchie: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  8. P3 11:47CHIJohn Hayden: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:47ANABrandon Montour: Roughing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Kero
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
37Shots on goal26
3.3Expected goals3.1
62Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes16
13Hits25
11Blocked shots11
13Giveaways12
5Takeaways8

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. bestPanik – Jurco – Schmaltz6:12

    xG 0.72–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Tootoo – Hayden – Rasmussen2:51

    xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Kruger – Hartman4:26

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Hayden – Hartman – Schmaltz4:04

    xG 0.08–0.09 (45%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Kempny12:08

    xG 0.88–0.40 (69%)attempts 20–9goals 0–1

  2. Oduya – van Riemsdyk12:15

    xG 0.25–0.48 (35%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Campbell – Forsling13:41

    xG 0.36–0.81 (31%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:07

    xG 0.80–0.15 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Wagner – Shaw – Ritchie3:48

    xG 0.28–0.10 (74%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Shaw – Kase3:22

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Vermette – Perry – Kase5:42

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Theodore7:04

    xG 0.95–0.27 (78%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Megna – Montour10:02

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Vatanen – Manson5:02

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 1–5goals 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 3.1 xGCHI 3.3 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 3/100 · #1170 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 52% 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).