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Sun, Jan 16, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM04212012228
ANA2121907328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:23ANALuca SbisaPPAssists: Toni Lydman, Joffrey Lupul · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:00ANATeemu SelanneAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Jason Blake · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:32ANATeemu SelannePPGWGAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Cam Fowler · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:18EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Sam Gagner, Taylor Chorney · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:44EDMSam GagnerAssists: Linus Omark · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:00EDMSteve MacIntyre: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:58ANAMatt Beleskey: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:25ANASaku Koivu: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:29ANALuca Sbisa: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:30EDMTaylor Chorney: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:20EDMTheo Peckham: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 10:17EDMTheo Peckham: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 16:48ANAToni Lydman: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 18:28ANAAndreas Lilja: Boarding2 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 20:00Cogliano won the faceoff against Ryan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMANA
28Shots on goal28
2.3Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won31
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
13Hits14
8Blocked shots22
9Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

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. bestGagner – Omark – Paajarvi13:54

    xG 0.96–0.67 (59%)attempts 22–6goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Reddox – Cogliano9:28

    xG 0.25–0.31 (45%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Penner – Hall10:53

    xG 0.09–0.88 (9%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Peckham13:51

    xG 0.47–0.31 (60%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Smid – Petry12:56

    xG 0.71–0.90 (44%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Strudwick – Chorney11:06

    xG 0.34–0.81 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake9:40

    xG 0.77–0.04 (95%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Lupul – Lapierre – McMillan8:00

    xG 0.65–0.59 (52%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Perry – Ryan – Beleskey13:12

    xG 0.37–0.38 (49%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky11:41

    xG 0.90–0.26 (77%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Sutton – Sbisa8:36

    xG 0.67–0.23 (75%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Sutton – Lilja2:18

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 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 3.5 xGEDM 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #454 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 70% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − EDM), 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).