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Sat, Jan 26, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

Nashville Predators 2, Anaheim Ducks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 58% of the time.

ANA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH170616020221
ANA071616031322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:52NSHBrandon YipUnassisted · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:27ANABobby RyanAssists: Teemu Selanne, Cam Fowler · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:09NSHDavid LegwandAssists: Kevin Klein, Gabriel Bourque · Backhand, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:12ANADaniel WinnikAssists: Corey Perry, Saku Koivu · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Martin Erat stopped
  2. 2. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  3. 3. NSH Mike Fisher stopped
  4. 4. ANA Corey Perry scored
  5. 5. NSH David Legwand stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:28NSHNick Spaling: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:56NSHCraig Smith: Throwing equipment2 min
  3. P1 19:35ANAToni Lydman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 9:16NSHBrandon Yip: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 2:36ANABryan Allen: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 5:17NSHHal Gill: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 14:22ANARyan Getzlaf: Closing hand on puck2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Koivu
  2. P1 20:00Gill hit Cogliano
  3. P1 20:00Takeaway by Klein
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHANA
21Shots on goal22
2.6Expected goals2.1
47Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits28
17Blocked shots12
6Giveaways14
3Takeaways2

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Hornqvist – Bourque7:03

    xG 0.36–0.04 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Erat – Wilson8:43

    xG 0.39–0.12 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Legwand – Yip – Bourque2:04

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Gaustad – Yip – Spaling2:11

    xG 0.01–0.07 (16%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Klein9:49

    xG 0.85–0.23 (78%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  2. Hannan – Ellis9:00

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Klein2:04

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Palmieri3:50

    xG 0.57–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Winnik9:57

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano3:40

    xG 0.10–0.03 (74%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan6:00

    xG 0.07–0.17 (30%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Sbisa12:19

    xG 0.75–0.17 (82%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Beauchemin13:41

    xG 0.46–0.64 (42%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Allen – Fowler14:15

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 2–1

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 2.1 xGNSH 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 83/100 · #130 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 58% of the time.

ANA winsNSH wins

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

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