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Sat, Feb 16, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 78% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA161905022322
NSH1141909021234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:31NSHDavid LegwandAssists: Jonathon Blum, Colin Wilson · Snap, 0.55 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:25ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Corey Perry, Bryan Allen · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:31NSHShea WeberAssists: Roman Josi, Sergei Kostitsyn · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:08ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Francois Beauchemin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Nick Bonino scored
  2. 2. NSH David Legwand stopped
  3. 3. ANA Andrew Cogliano stopped
  4. 4. NSH Craig Smith scored
  5. 5. ANA Corey Perry scored
  6. 6. NSH Gabriel Bourque stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:17ANASheldon Souray: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:30ANASheldon Souray: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:55ANACorey Perry: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:55NSHPekka Rinne: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  5. P2 7:01NSHHal Gill: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 0:00ANASaku Koivu: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 19:32ANABobby Ryan: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANSH
22Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
17Hits12
16Blocked shots17
8Giveaways8
6Takeaways7

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. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Beleskey13:19

    xG 0.68–0.08 (89%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Cogliano – Bonino6:03

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Palmieri – Holland3:33

    xG 0.11–0.12 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Winnik5:26

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Beauchemin15:55

    xG 0.56–0.43 (57%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Lovejoy16:52

    xG 0.57–0.68 (46%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  3. Lydman – Sbisa14:50

    xG 0.32–1.04 (24%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Erat – Wilson11:17

    xG 0.62–0.22 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Halischuk – Spaling – Smith7:44

    xG 0.44–0.16 (73%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Gaustad – Halischuk – Spaling2:14

    xG 0.02–0.07 (24%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Gaustad – Clune3:01

    xG 0.05–0.11 (30%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBlum – Ellis3:59

    xG 0.59–0.08 (88%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Gill – Ellis3:53

    xG 0.52–0.05 (92%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Josi7:25

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 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.

NSH 3.5 xGANA 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #192 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 78% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

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

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