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Tue, Mar 3, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Anaheim Ducks 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 75% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA114111210435
ARI01111108130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:34ANARyan KeslerSHAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:56ANAAndrew CoglianoGWGAssists: Simon Despres, Nate Thompson · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:30ARITobias RiederAssists: Sam Gagner, Mark Arcobello · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:21ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:26ANAAndrew CoglianoENAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.66 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:10ANANate Thompson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 15:26ARIShane Doan: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 15:26ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 17:44ARIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:44ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 16:25ANACorey Perry: Boarding2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chipchura won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAARI
35Shots on goal30
3.9Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won32
0Power plays2
11Penalty minutes7
19Hits30
11Blocked shots11
2Giveaways9
8Takeaways6

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. bestFleischmann – Kesler – Silfverberg11:59

    xG 0.87–0.24 (78%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Cogliano – Maroon8:45

    xG 0.51–0.12 (80%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  3. Etem – Rakell – Sekac13:05

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Palmieri12:34

    xG 0.48–0.35 (57%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDespres – Fowler16:07

    xG 0.99–0.46 (68%)attempts 14–15goals 2–1

  2. Stoner – Manson15:38

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm17:56

    xG 1.07–1.28 (46%)attempts 23–17goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Erat – Chipchura13:14

    xG 0.65–0.39 (63%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Moss – Korpikoski – Cunningham11:56

    xG 0.40–0.19 (67%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Vitale – McGinn8:18

    xG 0.90–0.79 (53%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

  4. Gagner – Arcobello – Rieder12:08

    xG 0.25–0.73 (25%)attempts 7–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Murphy16:24

    xG 1.05–0.75 (58%)attempts 12–23goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Ekman-Larsson18:13

    xG 0.43–0.49 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Dahlbeck13:51

    xG 0.27–0.96 (22%)attempts 9–17goals 0–2

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.

ARI 2.4 xGANA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #877 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50ARI 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 75% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

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

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