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Mon, Feb 27, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1811404226
ANA28113112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:35CHITyler JohnsonPPAssists: Max Domi, Taylor Raddysh · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:18ANAIsac LundeströmAssists: Troy Terry, Mason McTavish · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:14ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: John Klingberg, Frank Vatrano · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:11CHIAndreas AthanasiouPPAssists: Max Domi, Tyler Johnson · Slap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:42ANAMax JonesGWGAssists: Mason McTavish, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:15ANATroy TerryAssists: Mason McTavish, Max Jones · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:58ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:29ANASimon Benoit: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:03CHIIan Mitchell: Holding2 min
  4. P1 10:49ANATroy Terry: Interference2 min
  5. P1 18:39CHIDavid Gust: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 2:49CHIBoris Katchouk: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:28ANASimon Benoit: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:10CHITyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:41CHIJarred Tinordi: Tripping2 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
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zegras won the faceoff against Guttman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
26Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
12Hits11
15Blocked shots10
6Giveaways6
7Takeaways5

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. bestAthanasiou – Domi – Seney9:09

    xG 0.66–0.36 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Khaira – Anderson – Katchouk5:11

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Dickinson – Gust4:37

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Katchouk – Gust3:20

    xG 0.28–0.30 (48%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTinordi – Murphy11:02

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 0–2

  2. Englund – Mitchell11:28

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Mitchell2:36

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVatrano – Jones – McTavish2:45

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Grant – Megna – Comtois6:17

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Terry – Jones – McTavish7:06

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Strome – Terry – Zegras4:43

    xG 0.19–0.26 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit13:16

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Klingberg5:38

    xG 0.13–0.33 (29%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Fowler11:14

    xG 0.48–0.73 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 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 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #771 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 50% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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