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Tue, Oct 23, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 85% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0611108125
CHI116012210338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:24CHIBrandon SaadPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Dominik Kahun · Wrist, 0.40 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:34ANARickard RakellUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:47CHIPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Brent Seabrook · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:26CHIBrandon SaadENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:36ANAMarcus Pettersson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:02ANACam Fowler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P1 6:20CHILuke Johnson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:36ANAHampus Lindholm: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 13:32CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 19:29ANAIsac Lundeström: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 1:09CHINick Schmaltz: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 8:40ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 8:40CHIAlex DeBrincat: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:29CHIMarcus Kruger: Holding2 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 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
25Shots on goal38
2.1Expected goals4.6
52Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
27Hits21
17Blocked shots20
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways10

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. Getzlaf – Rakell – Ritchie10:30

    xG 0.39–0.40 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Lundeström8:56

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Street – Aberg7:08

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Steel – Comtois – Sherwood8:11

    xG 0.00–0.52 (1%)attempts 1–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Pettersson8:30

    xG 0.09–0.18 (33%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Montour13:47

    xG 0.42–0.85 (33%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Manson15:16

    xG 0.36–0.90 (29%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – DeBrincat – Kahun9:22

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden7:36

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Saad10:00

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  4. Johnson – Schmaltz – Fortin6:51

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Jokiharju11:58

    xG 0.73–0.41 (64%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Gustafsson – Jokiharju3:48

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Rutta10:33

    xG 0.20–0.03 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 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 4.6 xGANA 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #840 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 85% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
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+5
+6
+7

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