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Sat, Oct 29, 2011·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 0, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 75% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0701003020
NSH2160716329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:14NSHPatric HornqvistGWGAssists: Colin Wilson, Shea Weber · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:59NSHMartin EratAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:14NSHShea WeberPPAssists: Ryan Suter, David Legwand · Slap, 0.07 xG0–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:46NSHBrian McGrattan: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:46ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:41ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:41NSHKevin Klein: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 12:41ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Illegal check to head2 min
  6. P1 12:41NSHKevin Klein: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:21NSHBlake Geoffrion: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 13:18ANALubomir Visnovsky: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 1:42ANABrandon McMillan: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  10. P3 12:23NSHBlake Geoffrion: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 12:23ANAMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 12:23ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 14:05ANASheldon Brookbank: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANSH
20Shots on goal29
1.6Expected goals2.9
45Shot attempts55
22Faceoffs won24
1Power plays6
26Penalty minutes16
14Hits20
16Blocked shots14
5Giveaways13
13Takeaways15

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 – Ryan12:24

    xG 0.55–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Gordon – Cogliano – McMillan7:14

    xG 0.04–0.04 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey12:56

    xG 0.59–0.59 (50%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan2:00

    xG 0.07–0.11 (41%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Fowler3:18

    xG 0.14–0.07 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Brookbank – Sbisa9:27

    xG 0.28–0.24 (53%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Lydman – Beauchemin2:06

    xG 0.09–0.06 (58%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Hornqvist – Wilson12:03

    xG 1.53–0.25 (86%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. McGrattan – Geoffrion – Halischuk3:52

    xG 0.06–0.01 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Fisher – Erat – Smith3:19

    xG 0.07–0.20 (25%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Tootoo – Spaling9:14

    xG 0.17–0.39 (31%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Weber19:29

    xG 1.80–0.46 (80%)attempts 27–17goals 1–0

  2. Blum – Hillen11:43

    xG 0.22–0.14 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Bouillon – Klein13:49

    xG 0.31–0.85 (27%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

NSH 2.9 xGANA 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1195 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NSH 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, Nashville Predators win this game 75% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).