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Wed, Oct 26, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Nashville Predators 1, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH09010110129
ANA11051105626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:57ANANick RitchiePPAssists: Michael Sgarbossa, Antoine Vermette · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:26ANAJakob SilfverbergSHGWGAssists: Shea Theodore, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:30ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.00 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:04ANACorey PerryUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:00ANAAndrew CoglianoSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–5
  6. P2 19:13ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Sami Vatanen · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–6
  7. P3 7:43NSHColin WilsonPPUnassisted · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:20NSHRoman Josi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:14ANAChris Wagner: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:56ANAKorbinian Holzer: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:42ANACam Fowler: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:20NSHRyan Johansen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 15:36ANAKevin Bieksa: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 17:50NSHColin Wilson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:01NSHYannick Weber: Interference2 min
  9. P3 7:27ANANick Ritchie: Interference2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← NSH attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHANA
29Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals2.5
66Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits20
9Blocked shots16
15Giveaways14
3Takeaways3

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Forsberg – Fiala10:39

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Wilson – Smith10:33

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Watson – Sissons8:38

    xG 0.13–0.09 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Johansen – Arvidsson8:49

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Weber11:42

    xG 0.53–0.07 (89%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm16:35

    xG 0.46–0.51 (47%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis15:49

    xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoll – Sgarbossa – Cramarossa7:32

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Perry – Ritchie10:29

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Etem – Wagner – Garbutt10:33

    xG 0.08–0.28 (22%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:11

    xG 0.13–0.36 (27%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Theodore12:17

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Manson14:46

    xG 0.36–0.49 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Holzer14:26

    xG 0.33–0.53 (38%)attempts 11–16goals 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 2.5 xGNSH 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1053 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 51% of the time.

ANA winsNSH wins

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

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