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Fri, Dec 4, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 0, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 65% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01001102023
ANA01006110126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:49ANAMike SantorelliGWGAssists: Nate Thompson, Chris Stewart · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:02SJSPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:07ANAKevin Bieksa: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:40SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:40ANAChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 12:49SJSJoonas Donskoi: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 17:56ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  7. P1 0:00ANAShawn Horcoff: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 11:21ANANick Ritchie: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 4:39SJSMelker Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 16:37SJSJoe Pavelski: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← SJS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
23Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals3.2
49Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
29Hits30
15Blocked shots13
4Giveaways10
0Takeaways3

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. bestZubrus – Brown – Haley2:53

    xG 0.22–0.12 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson9:41

    xG 0.46–0.40 (54%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Ward – Donskoi11:53

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Wingels – Nieto – Hertl6:58

    xG 0.13–0.27 (32%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns9:56

    xG 0.55–0.19 (75%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Braun3:36

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Vlasic2:35

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell11:47

    xG 0.54–0.13 (81%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Horcoff – Cogliano – Hagelin12:06

    xG 0.47–0.09 (83%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Silfverberg – Ritchie7:07

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Santorelli – Stewart4:08

    xG 0.10–0.26 (27%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Fowler12:50

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen12:13

    xG 0.55–0.55 (50%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm13:09

    xG 0.29–0.47 (38%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

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 3.2 xGSJS 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1093 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 65% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

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