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Tue, Jan 18, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA11003012021227
OTT015113011010140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:30ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan, Matt Beleskey · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:19OTTMike FisherAssists: Milan Michalek, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  3. 3. OTT Mike Fisher stopped
  4. 4. ANA Bobby Ryan scored
  5. 5. OTT Erik Karlsson stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:49ANAPaul Mara: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:33OTTMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:33ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:52ANAJason Blake: Tripping2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
27Shots on goal40
2.2Expected goals3.9
49Shot attempts76
24Faceoffs won28
0Power plays2
9Penalty minutes5
29Hits25
19Blocked shots9
11Giveaways6
14Takeaways7

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 – Blake15:33

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Ryan – Beleskey12:37

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Marchant – McMillan – Sexton4:30

    xG 0.21–0.28 (44%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Lapierre – McMillan7:17

    xG 0.02–0.48 (3%)attempts 1–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Fowler6:07

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Fowler3:35

    xG 0.23–0.10 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Mara – Sutton2:18

    xG 0.29–0.35 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Kelly – Shannon2:54

    xG 0.64–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Fisher – Michalek2:09

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Neil – Shannon – Winchester2:20

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Kelly – Michalek13:18

    xG 0.61–0.51 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Campoli14:00

    xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Lee2:58

    xG 0.39–0.02 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Karlsson2:24

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

OTT 3.9 xGANA 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #792 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

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