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Wed, Mar 23, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1917212428
ANA14014111229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:11CHITaylor RaddyshPPAssists: Dylan Strome, Patrick Kane · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:40ANASam CarrickAssists: Buddy Robinson, Maxime Comtois · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:37CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Seth Jones · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:28ANASam CarrickAssists: Adam Henrique, Trevor Zegras · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:10CHIDylan StromeGWGAssists: Riley Stillman, Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:57CHIAlex DeBrincatENAssists: Jonathan Toews, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.63 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:46ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:38CHIDominik Kubalik: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 11:15ANAAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:15ANAGerry Mayhew: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:00CHIReese Johnson: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 9:00ANASimon Benoit: Fighting5 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
48% to win52% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carrick won the faceoff against Dach
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
28Shots on goal29
3.6Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
21Hits23
14Blocked shots12
8Giveaways10
6Takeaways2

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. bestLafferty – Kurashev – Dach14:04

    xG 0.47–0.32 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat16:49

    xG 0.84–0.85 (50%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Katchouk – Entwistle – Johnson5:15

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Toews – Kubalik – Raddysh10:05

    xG 0.24–0.57 (29%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Stillman3:08

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Stillman12:26

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Jones15:35

    xG 0.54–0.69 (44%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Mayhew – Zegras2:18

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Steel – Lettieri – Lundeström5:00

    xG 0.12–0.10 (56%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Mayhew – Comtois2:57

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Mayhew – Aston-Reese5:45

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Fowler4:49

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Guhle12:46

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Sustr – Benoit12:40

    xG 0.43–0.44 (49%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGCHI 3.6 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 56/100 · #652 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 67% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

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

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