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Tue, Dec 29, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 1, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0611104121
CGY040307014

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:36ANAShawn HorcoffGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.14 xG1–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:00ANAJakob Silfverberg: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:02CGYDennis Wideman: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 2:53ANAJiri Sekac: Interference2 min
  4. P3 14:06ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 19:42ANASami Vatanen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 0:00ANARyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:00CGYDennis Wideman: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:00CGYDennis Wideman: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 0:00ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 0:00ANARyan Kesler: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 0:00CGYTJ Brodie: Roughing2 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 SOG0CGY
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
21Shots on goal14
2.7Expected goals0.7
45Shot attempts31
18Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
25Penalty minutes13
13Hits24
14Blocked shots14
2Giveaways15
10Takeaways8

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 – Perry – Rakell14:35

    xG 0.79–0.16 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg11:01

    xG 0.61–0.28 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Thompson – Cogliano2:26

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Cogliano – Maroon6:28

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Vatanen17:40

    xG 0.94–0.27 (78%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Theodore11:35

    xG 0.56–0.02 (96%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm14:52

    xG 0.55–0.06 (91%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Stajan – Bouma – Bollig8:38

    xG 0.01–0.21 (5%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Colborne – Ferland9:08

    xG 0.15–0.54 (21%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Granlund – Bennett9:19

    xG 0.00–0.49 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan14:24

    xG 0.28–0.77 (26%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Hamilton2:20

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Brodie2:56

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Wideman8:44

    xG 0.01–0.26 (4%)attempts 1–13goals 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.

CGY 0.7 xGANA 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1140 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 87% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

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

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