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Thu, Dec 31, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 1, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 81% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA111014010135
EDM090507021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:58ANARyan GetzlafPPGWGAssists: Corey Perry · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:25EDMTaylor Hall: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:24ANAShawn Horcoff: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 16:11ANASami Vatanen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:21EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:21ANAKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:26EDMLuke Gazdic: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:26ANAPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 4:16EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 18:36ANAShawn Horcoff: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hendricks won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
35Shots on goal21
2.9Expected goals1.2
61Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
25Hits32
16Blocked shots19
16Giveaways18
8Takeaways9

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. bestKesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg8:25

    xG 0.81–0.26 (75%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell10:58

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Santorelli – Sekac7:29

    xG 0.30–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Cogliano – Maroon5:46

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Vatanen16:23

    xG 1.16–0.27 (81%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm18:13

    xG 0.50–0.34 (60%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Theodore10:02

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGazdic – Lander – Khaira3:32

    xG 0.20–0.07 (73%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins8:41

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl7:23

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Purcell – Draisaitl5:52

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Hunt3:04

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Davidson – Nurse5:22

    xG 0.14–0.12 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Schultz2:51

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

EDM 1.2 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1115 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 81% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

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