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Sat, Jan 21, 2012·Honda Center, Anaheim

Ottawa Senators 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 65% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT09010113132
ANA01021108229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:15ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:00ANALubomir VisnovskyGWGAssists: Niklas Hagman, Saku Koivu · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:51OTTChris NeilAssists: Nick Foligno, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:21ANASaku Koivu: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:06OTTZack Smith: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:53ANAToni Lydman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:25OTTMilan Michalek: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P3 14:57OTTErik Condra: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTANA
32Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals3.1
63Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits22
10Blocked shots22
5Giveaways8
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Foligno – Smith9:10

    xG 0.64–0.08 (88%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Alfredsson – Condra – Turris6:13

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  3. Konopka – Daugavins – Petersson3:30

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Michalek – Turris5:11

    xG 0.18–0.27 (41%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Karlsson2:02

    xG 0.54–0.14 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Cowen13:41

    xG 0.65–0.54 (54%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Cowen2:27

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan15:38

    xG 0.82–0.32 (72%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Hagman11:21

    xG 0.90–0.41 (68%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Bell – Parros – Pelley4:13

    xG 0.02–0.07 (26%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Hagman – Cogliano – Bonino2:34

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler16:45

    xG 1.24–0.42 (74%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Sbisa12:56

    xG 0.48–0.39 (55%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Lydman – Brookbank13:29

    xG 0.34–0.76 (31%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

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.

ANA 3.1 xGOTT 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1001 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

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

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