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Mon, Mar 5, 2012·Honda Center, Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM04122110236
ANA11108311430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:18ANAJason BlakePPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:29EDMShawn HorcoffAssists: Nick Schultz · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:09ANABobby RyanAssists: Teemu Selanne · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:40ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Niklas Hagman · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:14EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:46ANACorey PerryUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:19EDMAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 8:33EDMAndy Sutton: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 17:13ANATeemu Selanne: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:00EDMAndy Sutton: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 0:00EDMAndy Sutton: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMANA
36Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals3.6
59Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
8Penalty minutes2
41Hits24
10Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Hall13:34

    xG 1.01–0.38 (72%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Petrell – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins10:11

    xG 0.58–0.17 (77%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Belanger – Eager – Eberle4:10

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Belanger – Hordichuk – Eager2:09

    xG 0.09–0.22 (28%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitney – Potter17:09

    xG 1.67–0.83 (67%)attempts 22–13goals 0–2

  2. Sutton – Schultz10:59

    xG 1.11–0.50 (69%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Petry17:56

    xG 0.59–0.33 (64%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHagman – Getzlaf – Perry14:49

    xG 0.80–0.53 (60%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Blake – Pelley – Smith-Pelly2:39

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Bonino – Smith-Pelly7:52

    xG 0.13–0.53 (19%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Blake – Pelley – Beleskey8:58

    xG 0.25–0.67 (27%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Sbisa2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Brookbank15:45

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Visnovsky – Sbisa15:50

    xG 0.77–1.08 (42%)attempts 16–17goals 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.

ANA 3.6 xGEDM 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #662 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 51% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

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

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