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Sun, Apr 10, 2016·Verizon Center, Washington

Anaheim Ducks 2, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

WSH winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA092804221
WSH0601107024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:34ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Ryan Garbutt · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:36ANANick RitchieAssists: Mike Santorelli, Chris Wagner · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:56ANACam Fowler: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:20ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:20WSHMichael Latta: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:46WSHDaniel Winnik: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:03ANAJamie McGinn: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 11:15ANAJosh Manson: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:15WSHMarcus Johansson: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 12:18WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 14:05ANAJosh Manson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 15:36WSHAndre Burakovsky: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0WSH
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuznetsov won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAWSH
21Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals2.5
45Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won18
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
15Hits9
14Blocked shots10
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways10

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. bestThompson – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:13

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Santorelli – Wagner – Ritchie8:54

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – McGinn – Stewart8:40

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Garbutt10:30

    xG 0.31–0.46 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:29

    xG 0.68–0.14 (83%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Manson – Theodore2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Despres – Fowler10:08

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Richards – Winnik – Wilson8:30

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Sill – Latta – Galiev8:37

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Kuznetsov – Burakovsky8:51

    xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Oshie – Johansson9:32

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Chorney – Schmidt11:29

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Alzner12:55

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Schmidt3:02

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

WSH 2.5 xGANA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1161 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50WSH 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 59% of the time.

WSH winsANA wins

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

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