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Sat, Oct 9, 2010·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 1, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 79% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0911909137
NSH016312121449

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:10NSHMarcel GocAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:25ANASaku KoivuAssists: Teemu Selanne, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:33NSHSteve SullivanPPGWGAssists: Ryan Suter, Shea Weber · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:12NSHPatric HornqvistAssists: Shea Weber, Steve Sullivan · Tip-in, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:39NSHDavid LegwandAssists: J-P Dumont, Joel Ward · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 0:16NSHRyan Suter: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:58ANAAaron Voros: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 11:05NSHFrancis Bouillon: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:05ANATroy Bodie: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 0:00ANAPaul Mara: Holding2 min
  6. P2 8:07ANASheldon Brookbank: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:10NSHJoel Ward: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:25NSHFrancis Bouillon: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 19:18ANABobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 1:23NSHKevin Klein: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 1:23ANATodd Marchant: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:05ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  13. P3 17:12ANALuca Sbisa: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 18:08ANAJason Blake: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANSH
37Shots on goal49
2.1Expected goals4.1
57Shot attempts74
32Faceoffs won36
3Power plays7
21Penalty minutes13
18Hits13
11Blocked shots14
3Giveaways5
5Takeaways9

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. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake11:07

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Parros – Voros – Chipchura4:15

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey2:07

    xG 0.08–0.38 (18%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Marchant – Bodie – Beleskey4:53

    xG 0.05–0.39 (12%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Visnovsky – Sbisa2:42

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Mara – Fowler14:51

    xG 0.52–0.66 (44%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Brookbank – Sbisa7:27

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSullivan – O'Reilly – Hornqvist8:28

    xG 0.88–0.23 (79%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Dumont – Goc – Tootoo3:33

    xG 0.25–0.04 (85%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Legwand – Smithson – Ward7:34

    xG 0.14–0.12 (55%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Lombardi – Wilson6:57

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber14:31

    xG 0.97–0.24 (80%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – Franson11:19

    xG 0.86–0.29 (75%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  3. Bouillon – Klein12:04

    xG 0.56–0.46 (55%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

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.

NSH 4.1 xGANA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #801 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 79% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

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

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