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Sun, Apr 6, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA19015112236
EDM07311110428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:20ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Rickard Rakell · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:17EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:21EDMDavid PerronSHAssists: Sam Gagner, Philip Larsen · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:38EDMJustin SchultzGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:25ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:46EDMJordan EberleENAssists: Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.57 xG2–4
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 12:10EDMSam Gagner: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:44ANAStephane Robidas: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:35EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:35ANAMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 1:49EDMDavid Perron: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 4:45ANABen Lovejoy: Holding2 min
  7. P2 6:19EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 6:19ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 7:17ANAKyle Palmieri: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P2 8:31EDMJustin Schultz: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 13:12EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 13:12ANAMatt Beleskey: Misconduct10 min
  13. P2 14:01ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 14:01EDMMark Fraser: Fighting5 min
  15. P2 19:56EDMDavid Perron: Interference2 min · PPG
  16. P3 4:57EDMJeff Petry: Hooking2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
36Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals3.4
75Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won38
5Power plays3
31Penalty minutes35
27Hits16
13Blocked shots25
15Giveaways19
8Takeaways11

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 – Beleskey7:26

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell10:04

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Perreault – Maroon – Palmieri4:47

    xG 0.02–0.04 (38%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Maroon3:25

    xG 0.15–0.18 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Beauchemin14:28

    xG 0.74–0.60 (55%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Lovejoy – Lindholm11:57

    xG 0.57–0.55 (51%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Vatanen10:07

    xG 0.05–0.42 (11%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:44

    xG 1.11–0.57 (66%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Smyth – Gagner – Perron7:19

    xG 0.68–0.31 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Gordon – Pinizzotto2:12

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Gordon – Lander2:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom14:43

    xG 1.21–0.43 (74%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Marincin13:19

    xG 0.57–0.45 (56%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Belov7:46

    xG 0.57–0.52 (52%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

EDM 3.4 xGANA 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #624 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

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