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Wed, Feb 25, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Ottawa Senators 3, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT19113112334
ANA0100807025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:57OTTErik CondraGWGAssists: Eric Gryba, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:23OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Mike Hoffman, Bobby Ryan · Tip-in, 0.38 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:53OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Milan Michalek · Slap, 0.47 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:51OTTAlex Chiasson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 5:39ANAJosh Manson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 11:30ANAKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:50ANARyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:36ANAJiri Sekac: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:58OTTKyle Turris: Interference2 min
  7. P3 9:52OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 9:52ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Fighting5 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTANA
34Shots on goal25
4.0Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won39
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
13Hits33
16Blocked shots12
5Giveaways8
2Takeaways2

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad10:46

    xG 1.15–0.28 (80%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Condra – Pageau – Lazar8:51

    xG 0.60–0.24 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Legwand – Chiasson – Puempel7:23

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Turris – Stone11:31

    xG 0.20–0.37 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Borowiecki10:05

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson14:37

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Ceci2:31

    xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg4:36

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Palmieri6:37

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Sekac3:11

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Etem – Rakell4:00

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Manson11:49

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Fowler13:51

    xG 0.33–0.65 (34%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm14:58

    xG 0.53–0.94 (36%)attempts 18–12goals 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.

ANA 2.3 xGOTT 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1094 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

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

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