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Tue, Feb 7, 2023·United Center, Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 68% of the time.

CHI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA09280811326
CHI0621201100229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:36CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:25ANABrett LeasonAssists: Jayson Megna, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:09CHISeth JonesAssists: Jason Dickinson, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:42ANAJayson MegnaAssists: Brett Leason · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:15ANAFrank VatranoGWGAssists: Isac Lundeström, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:29CHIBoris Katchouk: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 13:22ANAMason McTavish: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:46ANAJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:28ANAKevin Shattenkirk: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
49% to win51% to win
← ANA attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACHI
26Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.7
40Shot attempts62
21Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits21
17Blocked shots9
4Giveaways8
6Takeaways16

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. bestSilfverberg – Comtois – Lundeström11:28

    xG 0.38–0.22 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Grant – Megna – Leason7:47

    xG 0.28–0.32 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Strome – Zegras10:30

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  4. Vatrano – Jones – McTavish10:16

    xG 0.32–0.63 (34%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Klingberg3:15

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Benoit2:05

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Benoit12:55

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Johnson – Dickinson11:49

    xG 0.69–0.09 (88%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Domi – Raddysh – Kurashev12:38

    xG 0.75–0.36 (67%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Kane – Johnson – Domi2:19

    xG 0.07–0.09 (44%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Athanasiou – Lafferty8:45

    xG 0.21–0.41 (34%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Jones17:08

    xG 0.93–0.31 (75%)attempts 20–7goals 2–1

  2. Jones – Mitchell14:30

    xG 0.70–0.53 (57%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Murphy14:53

    xG 0.34–0.44 (44%)attempts 8–14goals 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 2.7 xGANA 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 54/100 · #665 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 68% 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).