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Sat, Apr 2, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Anaheim Ducks 2, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2701005222
SJS06213214433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:21ANABobby RyanAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:15ANALubomir VisnovskyPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Corey Perry · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:01SJSDany HeatleyAssists: Ryane Clowe, Douglas Murray · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:45SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Dan Boyle · Backhand, 0.28 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:39SJSDevin SetoguchiPPGWGAssists: Dan Boyle, Patrick Marleau · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:19SJSPatrick MarleauENAssists: Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:12SJSAndrew Desjardins: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:49SJSDan Boyle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:21SJSDevin Setoguchi: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 13:38ANAJason Blake: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:55ANAGeorge Parros: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 19:55SJSJamal Mayers: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:55ANAJarkko Ruutu: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 19:55SJSBen Eager: Misconduct10 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 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASJS
22Shots on goal33
1.6Expected goals3.8
47Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won29
4Power plays1
22Penalty minutes18
27Hits42
19Blocked shots15
11Giveaways15
13Takeaways18

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. Marchant – Ruutu – Parros4:33

    xG 0.09–0.10 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake12:07

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Winchester – Beleskey – McMillan9:25

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan18:11

    xG 0.69–0.98 (42%)attempts 17–20goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Fowler2:09

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Sbisa15:39

    xG 0.71–0.91 (44%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Brookbank – Fowler13:48

    xG 0.28–0.53 (35%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Setoguchi14:01

    xG 1.02–0.52 (66%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Wellwood – Pavelski – Mitchell11:51

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Clowe – Couture13:14

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Eager – Desjardins5:07

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Murray19:17

    xG 1.40–0.59 (70%)attempts 19–21goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic2:33

    xG 0.44–0.09 (84%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Wallin – White12:01

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

SJS 3.8 xGANA 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #411 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

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

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

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