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Thu, Dec 16, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Anaheim Ducks 2, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA06113113232
NYI31201007329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:06NYIPA ParenteauPPAssists: John Tavares, James Wisniewski · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:34NYIBlake ComeauAssists: Rob Schremp, Jon Sim · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:45NYIMatt MoulsonGWGAssists: PA Parenteau · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:35ANAJoffrey LupulPPAssists: Saku Koivu, Jason Blake · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:30ANAJason BlakeAssists: Cam Fowler, Joffrey Lupul · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:52NYIMilan Jurcina: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 5:38NYITrevor Gillies: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:38ANASheldon Brookbank: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:47NYIMatt Moulson: Interference2 min
  5. P1 14:44ANAAndy Sutton: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P1 17:27NYIPA Parenteau: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 17:27ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 17:27ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 3:37NYIRadek Martinek: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 8:38NYIMatt Martin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P2 17:33ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 17:33NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 14:14NYIJesse Joensuu: Interference2 min
  14. P3 16:46ANABrandon McMillan: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYI
32Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals3.4
68Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
18Penalty minutes22
21Hits26
13Blocked shots20
11Giveaways10
12Takeaways24

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. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:35

    xG 0.83–0.53 (61%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  2. Bonino – McMillan – Sexton8:54

    xG 0.53–0.25 (67%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Blake – Lupul10:08

    xG 0.20–1.41 (13%)attempts 7–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Fowler3:31

    xG 0.60–0.26 (70%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler9:10

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Brookbank – Sbisa7:23

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares13:08

    xG 1.39–0.47 (75%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Sim – Schremp – Comeau10:39

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Joensuu – Grabner6:00

    xG 0.16–0.14 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Konopka – Nielsen – Joensuu2:00

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinek – Wisniewski16:11

    xG 1.03–0.54 (65%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic16:39

    xG 0.56–0.28 (67%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Jurcina – Hillen7:51

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

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.

NYI 3.4 xGANA 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #457 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NYI 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 53% of the time.

NYI winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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