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Tue, Mar 8, 2022·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 3, Chicago Blackhawks 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0631907332
CHI51327112832

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38CHIDylan StromeAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:05CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:53CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P1 17:14CHIRyan CarpenterGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Caleb Jones · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P1 19:32CHIJonathan ToewsSHAssists: Brandon Hagel · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–5
  6. P2 0:19CHIBrandon HagelAssists: Jake McCabe, Connor Murphy · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–6
  7. P2 4:31ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Sam Steel, Josh Mahura · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–6
  8. P2 7:19ANATrevor ZegrasPPAssists: Sam Steel, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.11 xG2–6
  9. P2 7:57ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Cam Fowler, Maxime Comtois · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–6
  10. P2 14:50CHIDylan StromeAssists: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–7
  11. P3 17:16CHIDylan StromeAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–8
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:09ANATrevor Zegras: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:42CHIJake McCabe: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:49CHIConnor Murphy: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 17:49CHIKirby Dach: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:49ANANicolas Deslauriers: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:32CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:45CHICalvin de Haan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 4:24ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
32Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts52
22Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
33Hits28
12Blocked shots19
8Giveaways8
6Takeaways11

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 – Terry – Comtois10:28

    xG 0.49–0.43 (53%)attempts 14–7goals 1–2

  2. Rakell – Milano – Zegras9:29

    xG 0.15–0.22 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Deslauriers – Carrick7:14

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit9:09

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Guhle7:58

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Guhle2:13

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Strome – DeBrincat13:19

    xG 1.11–0.48 (70%)attempts 18–10goals 5–1

  2. Toews – Hagel – Dach10:16

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Carpenter – Lafferty – Borgstrom7:54

    xG 0.07–0.15 (33%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Kubalik – Kurashev8:05

    xG 0.01–0.19 (4%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Jones13:35

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Regula12:38

    xG 0.57–0.51 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 2–1

  3. Murphy – McCabe16:58

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 12–21goals 2–0

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 3.2 xGANA 1.7 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 82/100 · #287 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 77% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).