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Sat, Mar 26, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA0701531314439
OTT1102120803333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:12OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Bobby Ryan, Mika Zibanejad · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:39OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Zack Smith · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:28OTTChris NeilAssists: Nick Paul · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:43ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:31ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Cam Fowler, Shawn Horcoff · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:02ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell · Backhand, 0.32 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:38ANARickard RakellPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:37ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 12:34ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:34OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:02ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  5. P1 15:05ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 15:05OTTCurtis Lazar: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 15:05ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 5:47OTTRyan Dzingel: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 4:33ANACorey Perry: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  10. P3 6:34ANAJosh Manson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 13:43OTTChris Wideman: Holding2 min
  12. OT 1:40OTTBobby Ryan: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rakell won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
39Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals3.3
65Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes18
35Hits28
8Blocked shots12
17Giveaways10
4Takeaways9

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 – Garbutt – Ritchie7:48

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – McGinn4:04

    xG 0.14–0.04 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Stewart – Pirri6:50

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  4. Horcoff – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:42

    xG 0.27–0.52 (34%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolzer – Lindholm3:50

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Theodore6:09

    xG 0.18–0.07 (73%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Lindholm4:16

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Dzingel – Lazar8:32

    xG 0.55–0.21 (73%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Stone – Pageau9:59

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad9:36

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 4–12goals 1–1

  4. Neil – Puempel – Paul6:28

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Claesson16:12

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  2. Kostka – Wideman9:55

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 7–11goals 2–0

  3. Methot – Ceci15:35

    xG 0.68–0.55 (55%)attempts 10–18goals 0–2

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.

OTT 3.3 xGANA 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #115 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

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