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Sun, Dec 29, 2013·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Anaheim Ducks 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 65% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01401017131
SJS2131604323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:17SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:07SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:16SJSBracken KearnsAssists: Andrew Desjardins, Mike Brown · Slap, 0.42 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:32ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Corey Perry, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:48SJSJoe Pavelski: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:40ANAAndrew Cogliano: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 8:47ANACorey Perry: Illegal check to head2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Bonino
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASJS
31Shots on goal23
1.7Expected goals2.4
70Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won40
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
25Hits20
15Blocked shots30
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways13

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. bestPerry – Perreault – Maroon3:59

    xG 0.32–0.15 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Cogliano – Palmieri3:08

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Winnik – Silfverberg2:46

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Palmieri2:16

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

Defence pairs

  1. Allen – Fistric9:42

    xG 0.10–0.12 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler17:38

    xG 0.67–0.72 (48%)attempts 24–18goals 1–0

  3. Fistric – Lindholm3:56

    xG 0.09–0.19 (32%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKennedy – Brown – Desjardins4:16

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Kearns – Sheppard2:38

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kearns – Sheppard4:39

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Couture – Nieto13:12

    xG 0.32–0.70 (31%)attempts 13–27goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun5:34

    xG 0.66–0.14 (83%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Demers11:51

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Braun2:26

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

SJS 2.4 xGANA 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1028 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 65% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

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

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