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Sat, Jan 11, 2020·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 57% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11009118237
CHI1821718433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:37ANAMax JonesAssists: Ondrej Kase · Snap, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:13CHIJonathan ToewsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:20CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:21CHIDominik KubalikGWGAssists: Connor Murphy, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:29ANARickard RakellAssists: Isac Lundeström, Maxime Comtois · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:59CHIOlli MaattaAssists: Alex DeBrincat, David Kampf · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 10:57ANAErik Gudbranson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:36CHIRyan Carpenter: Delaying game face off violation2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Steel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
37Shots on goal33
4.5Expected goals5.0
63Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
29Hits18
18Blocked shots13
14Giveaways13
6Takeaways9

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. bestHenrique – Kase – Steel4:28

    xG 0.56–0.12 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Sprong3:09

    xG 0.80–0.52 (60%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Rakell – Comtois – Lundeström9:59

    xG 0.89–0.67 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Deslauriers – Shore – Rowney6:13

    xG 0.13–0.10 (55%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm17:10

    xG 2.05–1.57 (57%)attempts 23–17goals 1–2

  2. Gudbranson – Lindholm2:18

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 2–8goals 1–1

  3. Fowler – Gudbranson16:16

    xG 0.86–0.91 (48%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kubalik – Quenneville5:18

    xG 0.57–0.12 (83%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Highmore – Caggiula9:43

    xG 1.02–0.60 (63%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  3. Kane – Carpenter – Nylander6:16

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Quenneville – Nylander3:48

    xG 0.16–0.10 (60%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Koekkoek15:10

    xG 1.35–0.51 (73%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  2. Murphy – Gustafsson17:10

    xG 2.07–1.63 (56%)attempts 27–19goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Boqvist15:27

    xG 0.79–1.26 (38%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

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 5.0 xGANA 4.5 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 45/100 · #625 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 57% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

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

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