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Tue, Dec 31, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 3, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 55% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01728111336
ANA1832525638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:24ANAKyle PalmieriAssists: Matt Beleskey, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:35SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:00ANAFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Jakob Silfverberg · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:35SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Patrick Marleau, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Snap, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:59ANANick BoninoPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:30ANAMatt BeleskeyGWGAssists: Nick Bonino · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 1:14ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry · Slap, 0.05 xG2–5
  8. P3 2:25ANAAndrew CoglianoSHAssists: Saku Koivu · Snap, 0.09 xG2–6
  9. P3 3:16SJSBracken KearnsPPAssists: Matt Irwin, Matt Nieto · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:20SJSMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:20ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:38SJSMatt Irwin: Holding2 min
  4. P1 10:57ANADaniel Winnik: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:45ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:02ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Holding2 min
  7. P2 12:02SJSMatt Nieto: Diving2 min
  8. P2 14:01SJSJames Sheppard: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:30ANAMatt Beleskey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:06ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 17:21ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 17:43SJSJoe Thornton: Tripping2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
36Shots on goal38
3.2Expected goals3.5
65Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won32
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
12Hits27
11Blocked shots15
3Giveaways8
0Takeaways1

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Nieto6:14

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Kearns – Hamilton4:53

    xG 0.13–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – Sheppard – Hamilton2:18

    xG 0.06–0.02 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Desjardins – Sheppard5:29

    xG 0.03–0.03 (50%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin8:53

    xG 0.63–0.08 (89%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers6:27

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Braun4:28

    xG 0.07–0.02 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Silfverberg6:03

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Bonino – Palmieri8:19

    xG 0.04–0.41 (10%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

  3. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano5:31

    xG 0.09–0.47 (16%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Perreault – Maroon6:35

    xG 0.03–0.44 (7%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler7:18

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Vatanen9:56

    xG 0.05–0.39 (12%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm9:12

    xG 0.12–0.74 (13%)attempts 2–14goals 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.

ANA 3.5 xGSJS 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #283 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 55% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
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+7

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