Skip to content
Ice Lab

Wed, Jan 13, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Ottawa Senators 1, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 71% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT091907125
ANA012112314438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:06ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:12OTTCurtis LazarUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:05ANAShea TheodorePPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:28ANACarl HagelinAssists: Ryan Kesler, Jakob Silfverberg · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:34ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:01ANAChris Stewart: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:43OTTMax McCormick: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:30OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:30ANAJosh Manson: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:01ANARyan Getzlaf: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 8:21OTTMarc Methot: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 16:51OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 16:51ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 14:16OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
47% to win54% to win
← OTT attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTANA
25Shots on goal38
1.5Expected goals2.7
45Shot attempts65
19Faceoffs won38
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
23Hits25
13Blocked shots14
16Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. Neil – McCormick – Prince3:43

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. McCormick – Pageau – Lazar2:40

    xG 0.01–0.06 (20%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Pageau – Lazar10:25

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

  4. Michalek – Hoffman – Zibanejad12:16

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch2:41

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Wideman2:03

    xG 0.01–0.03 (33%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson16:12

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg13:39

    xG 0.88–0.20 (82%)attempts 20–6goals 2–0

  2. Horcoff – Thompson – Cogliano12:30

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Rakell4:20

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Stewart – Maroon4:02

    xG 0.03–0.02 (66%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Vatanen13:52

    xG 0.81–0.39 (67%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

  2. Manson – Lindholm15:53

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Theodore2:13

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.7 xGOTT 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #756 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 71% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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