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Tue, Feb 16, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 5, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA18113310531
EDM0921117327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:08ANADavid PerronPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:16EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:54ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:29EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:35ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Rickard Rakell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:29ANAAndrew CoglianoENGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:53EDMBenoit PouliotPPAssists: Mark Letestu, Andrej Sekera · Tip-in, 0.19 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:47ANACorey PerryENAssists: Frederik Andersen · Wrist, 0.54 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:57ANANick Ritchie: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:47EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:37EDMBenoit Pouliot: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:39ANAMike Santorelli: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:55EDMBenoit Pouliot: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 0:57EDMBenoit Pouliot: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 1:58ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 16:55ANAKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
31Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
31Hits26
13Blocked shots15
11Giveaways12
4Takeaways11

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 – Santorelli – Perron7:34

    xG 0.21–0.04 (84%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Rakell – Ritchie8:49

    xG 0.33–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg7:24

    xG 0.33–0.30 (53%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  4. Thompson – Maroon – Garbutt5:31

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDespres – Vatanen13:26

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm12:39

    xG 0.26–0.31 (45%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Fowler15:30

    xG 0.35–0.98 (26%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLetestu – Pakarinen – Yakupov2:20

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – McDavid4:16

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Korpikoski – Letestu – Pakarinen3:36

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Yakupov – McDavid2:47

    xG 0.04–0.10 (27%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDavidson – Nurse6:16

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Schultz13:16

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Nurse10:20

    xG 0.51–0.32 (61%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

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 2.4 xGANA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 85/100 · #180 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 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 67% 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).