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Thu, Mar 20, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Anaheim Ducks 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA041915218
SJS16011211328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:52SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:40ANAMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:43ANATeemu SelanneAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:11SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:01SJSBrent BurnsGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Deflected, 0.26 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:49ANALuca Sbisa: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 15:35SJSLogan Couture: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:30SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:20ANABryan Allen: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:18ANAMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 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 20:00Perreault won the faceoff against Sheppard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASJS
18Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits32
18Blocked shots17
13Giveaways20
9Takeaways8

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. bestJackman – Etem – Rakell7:27

    xG 0.34–0.06 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano11:11

    xG 0.16–0.39 (30%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Maroon – Silfverberg14:00

    xG 0.25–0.66 (27%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Getzlaf – Perry12:31

    xG 0.47–1.12 (30%)attempts 11–19goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Lindholm18:36

    xG 0.64–0.48 (57%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Beauchemin3:17

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Sbisa12:55

    xG 0.41–0.76 (35%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurish – Brown – Desjardins6:20

    xG 0.19–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Havlat – Sheppard – Wingels12:10

    xG 0.51–0.46 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Couture – Nieto12:56

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Irwin15:16

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers3:29

    xG 0.37–0.19 (67%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  3. Hannan – Boyle14:27

    xG 0.28–0.74 (27%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

SJS 2.9 xGANA 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #498 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 67% 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).