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Sat, Feb 21, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 2, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA180716221
EDM01016011127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:45ANAFrancois BeaucheminPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Rickard Rakell · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:28EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: Nail Yakupov, Derek Roy · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:47ANARyan GetzlafGWGAssists: Cam Fowler, Kyle Palmieri · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 0:41EDMDerek Roy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:52ANANate Thompson: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 14:42ANANate Thompson: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
21Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals1.9
45Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
30Hits38
20Blocked shots13
9Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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 – Maroon – Palmieri12:05

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Thompson – Smith-Pelly8:16

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Silfverberg – Etem3:25

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Cogliano – Rakell3:15

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm19:43

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler17:22

    xG 0.52–0.50 (51%)attempts 17–20goals 1–1

  3. Brewer – Manson15:02

    xG 0.19–0.40 (32%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Purcell – Yakupov14:29

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  2. Hendricks – Hamilton – Pakarinen9:50

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Gordon – Klinkhammer – Gazdic4:46

    xG 0.16–0.10 (63%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer3:53

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Oesterle13:14

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Marincin15:48

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Klefbom19:51

    xG 0.57–0.70 (45%)attempts 18–19goals 0–1

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.

EDM 1.9 xGANA 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #971 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 56% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

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