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Fri, Dec 20, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Anaheim Ducks 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

NJD winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA091101411324
NJD08181500221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:15NJDMichael RyderAssists: Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:06ANACam FowlerAssists: Ben Lovejoy, Teemu Selanne · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:47ANAMathieu PerreaultAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Teemu Selanne · Snap, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:58NJDAndy GreenePPAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:37ANAKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Cam Fowler · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:04ANASaku Koivu: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:27NJDCory Schneider: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 17:50NJDStephen Gionta: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:47ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:06NJDAndrei Loktionov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 3:24NJDMark Fayne: Interference2 min
  7. P3 14:13ANAMark Fistric: Interference2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANJD
24Shots on goal21
1.7Expected goals1.7
35Shot attempts36
38Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits17
7Blocked shots7
5Giveaways7
5Takeaways12

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. bestSelanne – Perreault – Palmieri8:23

    xG 0.43–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 2–0

  2. Koivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg4:56

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Penner6:40

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano5:40

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Lindholm12:04

    xG 0.57–0.04 (93%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Beauchemin10:51

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler15:55

    xG 0.04–0.51 (7%)attempts 3–12goals 1–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Zubrus – Zajac12:58

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Sestito – Gionta5:26

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

  3. Elias – Henrique – Brunner3:10

    xG 0.10–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Loktionov – Boucher2:20

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene15:11

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Volchenkov – Merrill8:56

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Fayne – Merrill2:16

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

NJD 1.7 xGANA 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 64/100 · #363 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 52% of the time.

NJD winsANA wins

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

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