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Mon, Mar 28, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 2, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA191907225
EDM0100919128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:02ANACorey PerryAssists: Jamie McGinn, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:48ANABrandon PirriGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:40EDMNail YakupovAssists: Taylor Hall, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:54ANARyan Garbutt: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 9:12ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:56EDMAdam Cracknell: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 4:04ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 7:56EDMConnor McDavid: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:43EDMAnton Lander: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 15:50EDMPatrick Maroon: Boarding2 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 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
25Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.1
42Shot attempts61
25Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits30
22Blocked shots9
16Giveaways13
15Takeaways9

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 – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:25

    xG 0.52–0.16 (76%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Getzlaf – Stewart – Pirri8:45

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Perry – McGinn – Rakell7:23

    xG 0.15–0.22 (39%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  4. Horcoff – Thompson – Garbutt6:40

    xG 0.16–0.46 (26%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:20

    xG 0.70–0.44 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen11:39

    xG 0.11–0.20 (35%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Theodore12:58

    xG 0.38–0.57 (40%)attempts 8–18goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Yakupov – Draisaitl10:45

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 1–2

  2. Korpikoski – Letestu – Kassian6:38

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Cracknell – Lander7:55

    xG 0.20–0.23 (47%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Eberle – McDavid12:10

    xG 0.24–0.59 (29%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Fayne12:07

    xG 0.54–0.21 (73%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Nurse4:37

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Reinhart – Nurse4:06

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

EDM 2.1 xGANA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #1016 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 57% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

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