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Mon, Dec 26, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Anaheim Ducks 3, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 74% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA162908323
SJS19111018238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:27ANALuca SbisaAssists: George Parros, Nick Bonino · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:33SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:42ANABobby RyanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:13SJSJamie McGinnAssists: Justin Braun, Colin White · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:46ANAAndrew CoglianoGWGAssists: Matt Beleskey, Andrew Gordon · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:29ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:29SJSFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 10:05SJSBenn Ferriero: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:56SJSJamie McGinn: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:26ANACorey Perry: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 19:21ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cogliano won the faceoff against Handzus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASJS
23Shots on goal38
1.5Expected goals2.7
48Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
35Hits22
15Blocked shots17
9Giveaways14
6Takeaways9

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. Selanne – Ryan – Bonino12:07

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  2. Parros – Jacques – Pelley6:11

    xG 0.06–0.29 (18%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Hagman – Getzlaf – Perry13:11

    xG 0.37–0.65 (36%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  4. Gordon – Cogliano – Beleskey11:44

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Fowler17:05

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky16:17

    xG 0.47–0.84 (36%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Sbisa15:27

    xG 0.20–0.68 (23%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Clowe – Couture10:57

    xG 0.90–0.36 (71%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Ferriero8:32

    xG 0.70–0.16 (81%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  3. Winchester – Desjardins – McLaren5:15

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Handzus – Mitchell – McGinn5:06

    xG 0.11–0.07 (63%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Vlasic15:22

    xG 0.89–0.24 (79%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Demers2:03

    xG 0.20–0.02 (92%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Demers12:52

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

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 2.7 xGANA 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #608 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 74% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

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

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