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Mon, Dec 22, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 2, Anaheim Ducks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 60% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS0150112600232
ANA0711011312332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:20ANARickard RakellAssists: Emerson Etem, Matt Beleskey · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:00SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:56SJSMelker KarlssonAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Brenden Dillon · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:44ANACam FowlerAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Devante Smith-Pelly · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:58ANARyan KeslerGWGAssists: Patrick Maroon, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:29ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:29SJSTye McGinn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:42ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 8:18SJSAndrew Desjardins: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 17:15SJSScott Hannan: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 1:35ANAClayton Stoner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 18:53SJSBrent Burns: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
32Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals2.6
56Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
19Hits21
12Blocked shots13
8Giveaways9
8Takeaways8

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. bestThornton – Pavelski – Hertl14:18

    xG 0.75–0.10 (89%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Desjardins – Scott – McGinn3:26

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Wingels13:44

    xG 0.36–0.60 (38%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  4. Sheppard – Goodrow – Karlsson11:33

    xG 0.51–0.94 (35%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Braun17:44

    xG 0.63–0.75 (45%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  2. Burns – Dillon18:11

    xG 0.53–0.66 (45%)attempts 21–14goals 1–1

  3. Hannan – Tennyson10:57

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Maroon – Smith-Pelly14:04

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Bourque – Smith-Pelly2:13

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell10:19

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  4. Jackman – Thompson – Bourque3:31

    xG 0.02–0.02 (51%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Lindholm14:03

    xG 0.63–0.19 (76%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Stoner – Vatanen13:49

    xG 0.67–0.37 (65%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler18:48

    xG 0.67–0.83 (45%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGSJS 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 74/100 · #260 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 60% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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