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Thu, Apr 5, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA022110311317
EDM011171701226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:21EDMSam GagnerAssists: Jeff Petry, Ryan Jones · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:05ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Luca Sbisa · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:41ANABobby RyanAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Nick Bonino · Snap, 0.56 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:48EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ales Hemsky · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:12ANARyan GetzlafGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:11EDMTeemu Hartikainen: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 3:45ANAGeorge Parros: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 8:08EDMDarcy Hordichuk: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 8:08ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
17Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals3.1
47Shot attempts54
37Faceoffs won23
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
11Hits17
17Blocked shots22
23Giveaways13
8Takeaways9

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. bestBlake – Getzlaf – Perry11:06

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Ryan – Bonino – Smith-Pelly8:18

    xG 0.69–0.58 (54%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Parros – Cogliano – Pelley9:18

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Blake – Smith-Pelly3:58

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Fowler9:26

    xG 0.67–0.32 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  2. Beauchemin – Sbisa3:48

    xG 0.30–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Sbisa – Fowler7:01

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hartikainen – Nugent-Hopkins10:34

    xG 0.66–0.17 (79%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins2:12

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins2:09

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  4. Hemsky – Jones – Gagner10:56

    xG 0.46–0.29 (61%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Whitney16:21

    xG 1.42–0.83 (63%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  2. Barker – Petry13:32

    xG 0.61–0.30 (67%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Sutton – Teubert12:43

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 12–5goals 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.

EDM 3.1 xGANA 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #329 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

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