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Fri, Feb 17, 2012·Prudential Center, Newark

Anaheim Ducks 2, New Jersey Devils 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

NJD winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA011112113021238
NJD062909032327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:25NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:56NJDAlexei PonikarovskyAssists: Dainius Zubrus, Matt Taormina · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:08ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Jason Blake · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:47ANASheldon BrookbankAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  2. 2. ANA Teemu Selanne scored
  3. 3. NJD Zach Parise stopped
  4. 4. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  5. 5. NJD Patrik Elias scored
  6. 6. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:16NJDEric Boulton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:16ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:01NJDKurtis Foster: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 1:48NJDAnton Volchenkov: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:47NJDPetr Sykora: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 12:29ANAJason Blake: High sticking2 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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Zubrus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANJD
38Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.1
50Shot attempts42
22Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
20Hits27
7Blocked shots6
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways12

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlake – Getzlaf – Perry11:11

    xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  2. Hagman – Parros – Pelley5:02

    xG 0.51–0.03 (94%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Beleskey – Bonino14:21

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Hagman2:15

    xG 0.03–0.04 (40%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Brookbank14:22

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler14:19

    xG 0.75–0.56 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Visnovsky – Sbisa15:50

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Kovalchuk – Parise – Henrique13:29

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Boulton – Palmieri – Josefson5:14

    xG 0.13–0.22 (37%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Sykora – Elias – Clarkson13:23

    xG 0.21–0.40 (35%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Zubrus – Ponikarovsky – Bernier11:28

    xG 0.21–0.63 (25%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Volchenkov18:40

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Foster – Taormina12:48

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Fayne – Greene15:55

    xG 0.59–0.82 (42%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

NJD 2.1 xGANA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #340 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 59% of the time.

NJD winsANA wins

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

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

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