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Wed, Apr 9, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 53% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS112111015238
ANA11131217530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:17SJSJason DemersAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:57ANACorey PerryAssists: Matt Beleskey, Francois Beauchemin · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:32ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Teemu Selanne, Mathieu Perreault · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:23SJSLogan CoutureUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:35ANAPatrick MaroonGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:46ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:22ANAJakob SilfverbergENAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.52 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:26SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:41ANAKyle Palmieri: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 14:50ANABen Lovejoy: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 0:00SJSJames Sheppard: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 0:00ANARyan Getzlaf: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 0:00ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 5:06SJSScott Hannan: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:35ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 12:35SJSAlex Stalock: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 17:16ANABryan Allen: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
38Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals3.3
70Shot attempts62
33Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
25Hits33
15Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Nieto11:17

    xG 0.85–0.40 (68%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Brown – Desjardins5:02

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Kearns – Sheppard – Wingels9:45

    xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Boyle9:01

    xG 0.85–0.33 (72%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  2. Vlasic – Demers8:57

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Braun10:00

    xG 0.37–0.56 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:34

    xG 0.87–0.53 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Selanne – Perreault – Maroon7:41

    xG 0.17–0.10 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey10:17

    xG 0.64–0.61 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

  4. Winnik – Bonino – Palmieri8:13

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Lovejoy7:26

    xG 0.85–0.59 (59%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  2. Robidas – Allen7:27

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm13:10

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 18–13goals 3–1

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.

ANA 3.3 xGSJS 3.5 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 55/100 · #500 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 53% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).