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Fri, Dec 19, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 2, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA012110112234
OTT27212212631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:03OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:21OTTMark StoneAssists: Mark Borowiecki, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:18OTTKyle TurrisSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:59OTTMike HoffmanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:16ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Emerson Etem, Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:49ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Ben Lovejoy, Ilya Bryzgalov · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:40OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:32OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Bobby Ryan · Snap, 0.18 xG2–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:32ANABen Lovejoy: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:48OTTColin Greening: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 13:00ANAMark Fistric: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:21OTTMika Zibanejad: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:52OTTAlex Chiasson: 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
34Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals2.6
66Shot attempts51
36Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
34Hits39
12Blocked shots21
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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. bestKesler – Beleskey – Etem12:00

    xG 0.53–0.27 (67%)attempts 18–6goals 0–1

  2. Jackman – Thompson – Maroon4:44

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Bourque – Cogliano – Rakell6:59

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell3:18

    xG 0.01–0.11 (10%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler17:58

    xG 0.87–0.66 (57%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

  2. Fistric – Robak15:07

    xG 0.45–0.60 (43%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  3. Stoner – Vatanen14:24

    xG 0.20–0.87 (19%)attempts 10–15goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad12:20

    xG 0.94–0.32 (75%)attempts 17–14goals 3–0

  2. MacArthur – Turris – Stone11:19

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 1–2

  3. Legwand – Michalek – Greening9:09

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Chiasson – Pageau11:16

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Borowiecki12:01

    xG 1.01–0.47 (68%)attempts 19–18goals 2–1

  2. Cowen – Ceci16:55

    xG 0.47–0.31 (60%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Phillips – Karlsson14:25

    xG 0.67–0.62 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

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.

OTT 2.6 xGANA 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #415 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

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