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Fri, Oct 15, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Atlanta Thrashers 5, Anaheim Ducks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 64% of the time.

ANA winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ATL11018211041533
ANA111218111010441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:17ATLAnthony StewartAssists: Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:43ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Ryan Getzlaf · Deflected, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:43ANAToni LydmanAssists: Teemu Selanne, Matt Beleskey · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:21ATLChris ThorburnPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:08ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Saku Koivu, Corey Perry · Snap, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:35ANARyan GetzlafPPAssists: Corey Perry, Teemu Selanne · Snap, 0.19 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:35ATLAnthony StewartPPAssists: Rich Peverley, Johnny Oduya · Tip-in, 0.32 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:38ATLAnthony StewartPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom · Tip-in, 0.18 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  2. 2. ATL Evander Kane stopped
  3. 3. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  4. 4. ATL Rich Peverley stopped
  5. 5. ANA Teemu Selanne stopped
  6. 6. ATL Bryan Little stopped
  7. 7. ANA Saku Koivu stopped
  8. 8. ATL Nigel Dawes scored
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:54ATLChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:54ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:54ATLChris Thorburn: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:52ATLBryan Little: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:30ATLRich Peverley: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:36ATLChris Thorburn: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 12:19ANALubomir Visnovsky: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:50ATLNik Antropov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 2:15ANAToni Lydman: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 6:22ATLFreddy Meyer: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 8:50ANABrendan Mikkelson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 13:48ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 14:55ATLBen Eager: Hooking2 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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← ATL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLANA
33Shots on goal41
3.4Expected goals4.4
58Shot attempts79
31Faceoffs won27
4Power plays7
19Penalty minutes13
18Hits31
13Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
4Takeaways7

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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Eager – Burmistrov10:31

    xG 0.72–0.25 (75%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Ladd – Little9:54

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Antropov – Peverley – Kane7:56

    xG 0.09–0.13 (40%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Modin – Slater – Dawes5:24

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSopel – Hainsey7:17

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien15:01

    xG 0.63–0.32 (66%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Meyer14:06

    xG 0.69–0.74 (48%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan9:58

    xG 0.68–0.04 (94%)attempts 19–2goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake8:38

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Chipchura – Beleskey – Sexton11:31

    xG 0.27–0.57 (33%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Parros – Bodie8:46

    xG 0.11–0.53 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky14:06

    xG 0.57–0.08 (88%)attempts 25–2goals 0–0

  2. Mara – Fowler13:06

    xG 0.76–0.49 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Brookbank – Mikkelson12:07

    xG 0.02–0.96 (2%)attempts 1–15goals 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 4.4 xGATL 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAATL

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 ATL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #31 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.83 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 64% of the time.

ANA winsATL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).