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Thu, Mar 21, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0130709029
ANA0731216425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:10ANAAlex KillornGWGAssists: Gustav Lindstrom, Urho Vaakanainen · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:34ANABrett LeasonAssists: Ben Meyers, Pavel Mintyukov · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:26ANAAlex KillornAssists: Brett Leason, Olen Zellweger · Snap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:31ANAFrank VatranoPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Troy Terry · Snap, 0.12 xG0–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:23CHIJarred Tinordi: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:23ANARoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:32ANARyan Strome: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 3:36CHILandon Slaggert: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:09CHINikita Zaitsev: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:13CHILandon Slaggert: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:13ANAPavel Mintyukov: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 16:17CHIConnor Bedard: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 0:15CHIAlex Vlasic: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 0:15ANARyan Strome: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 8:58CHIConnor Bedard: High sticking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 9:37CHINick Foligno: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carlsson won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
29Shots on goal25
1.4Expected goals2.8
46Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won35
1Power plays5
22Penalty minutes14
29Hits20
14Blocked shots11
7Giveaways9
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard13:32

    xG 0.60–0.56 (52%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Anderson – Slaggert6:21

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Athanasiou – Reichel10:01

    xG 0.11–0.69 (14%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Megna – Kaiser3:17

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Zaitsev – Kaiser7:43

    xG 0.04–0.10 (27%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic10:18

    xG 0.59–0.65 (47%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – McTavish7:50

    xG 0.69–0.04 (94%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Vatrano – Leason – McTavish4:07

    xG 0.23–0.01 (98%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Lundeström – Leason5:15

    xG 0.15–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Jones – Lundeström4:42

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLaCombe – Mintyukov16:13

    xG 0.98–0.16 (86%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Lindstrom11:54

    xG 0.53–0.18 (74%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Fowler – Zellweger15:43

    xG 0.36–0.64 (36%)attempts 10–14goals 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.

ANA 2.8 xGCHI 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #1250 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

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

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