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Sun, Nov 21, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 4, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0421428426
ANA01921308240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:48EDMSam GagnerAssists: Ales Hemsky, Dustin Penner · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:29EDMTaylor HallAssists: Ryan Whitney, Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:33ANABobby RyanPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Lubomir Visnovsky · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:55ANASaku KoivuAssists: Dan Sexton, Jason Blake · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:29EDMAles HemskyGWGAssists: Dustin Penner, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:44EDMTom GilbertENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:14EDMGilbert Brule: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:18ANAAaron Voros: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:06EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 2:00EDMKurtis Foster: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:30ANACam Fowler: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:56EDMRyan Whitney: Holding2 min
  7. P2 16:25EDMTheo Peckham: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  8. P3 10:15ANAAndy Sutton: Holding2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMANA
26Shots on goal40
3.1Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits17
6Blocked shots19
9Giveaways6
2Takeaways4

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Eberle – Hall13:28

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Brule – Cogliano9:02

    xG 0.25–0.19 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Jacques – Fraser – Paajarvi4:35

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Penner – Gagner12:12

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 11–12goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Whitney16:25

    xG 0.99–0.53 (65%)attempts 19–12goals 3–1

  2. Foster – Belle10:21

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Vandermeer – Peckham13:50

    xG 0.46–0.74 (38%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan9:05

    xG 0.67–0.37 (64%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Marchant – Voros – Carter2:16

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Marchant – Bonino – McMillan3:36

    xG 0.08–0.08 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – McMillan6:36

    xG 0.24–0.29 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky18:24

    xG 0.72–0.57 (56%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

  2. Sutton – Fowler14:01

    xG 0.71–0.59 (55%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  3. Lilja – Sbisa8:27

    xG 0.35–0.72 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

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.

ANA 2.8 xGEDM 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #351 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

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

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