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Sun, Nov 3, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI2111919429
ANA01409217240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:57CHIIsaak PhillipsAssists: Connor Bedard, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:44CHITeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Alex Vlasic · Slap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:05CHISeth JonesPPGWGAssists: Connor Bedard, Lukas Reichel · Slap, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P3 10:16ANABrock McGinnAssists: Ross Johnston · Snap, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:43CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Connor Bedard, Philipp Kurashev · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:56ANAMason McTavishPPAssists: Troy Terry, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.21 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:00CHILukas Reichel: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:04ANAAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:11CHIPhilipp Kurashev: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:25CHINolan Allan: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 17:27ANAJackson LaCombe: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:53CHIPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 18:53ANARoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 18:53CHICraig Smith: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 5:20CHINolan Allan: Holding2 min
  10. P3 18:28CHITaylor Hall: Hooking2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← CHI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Foligno
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIANA
29Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals4.8
47Shot attempts93
26Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
25Penalty minutes9
9Hits19
26Blocked shots7
12Giveaways16
6Takeaways6

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. bestFoligno – Hall – Bertuzzi9:27

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Bertuzzi – Bedard2:34

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Smith – Reichel7:03

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Kurashev – Bedard8:33

    xG 0.47–0.90 (34%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Kaiser10:12

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Allan5:33

    xG 0.21–0.23 (47%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Vlasic8:13

    xG 0.60–0.77 (44%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Zegras – Gauthier11:38

    xG 1.01–0.21 (82%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – Johnston – Lundeström6:13

    xG 0.66–0.10 (87%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  3. Strome – Fabbri – Carlsson10:10

    xG 0.59–0.48 (55%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  4. Vatrano – Terry – McTavish13:45

    xG 0.88–1.01 (47%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Mintyukov15:51

    xG 1.99–0.56 (78%)attempts 32–8goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Zellweger16:12

    xG 0.92–0.27 (77%)attempts 25–10goals 1–0

  3. Gudas – LaCombe9:16

    xG 0.16–0.33 (33%)attempts 8–5goals 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 4.8 xGCHI 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #765 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 80% 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).