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Sat, Nov 12, 2016·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 0, Nashville Predators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 57% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0110907027
NSH193919527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:57NSHRyan EllisGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:13NSHJames NealAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:53NSHColton SissonsSHAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:00NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Ryan Johansen, Yannick Weber · Snap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:06NSHJames NealPPAssists: Mike Fisher, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:38ANAAntoine Vermette: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:11NSHCody Bass: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:29ANAAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:24NSHP.K. Subban: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 8:56ANAJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:56NSHCody Bass: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:28NSHP.K. Subban: Elbowing2 min
  8. P2 14:27NSHMike Fisher: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 19:23ANAJosh Manson: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 19:23NSHCody Bass: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 2:29ANARyan Garbutt: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 5:50ANAJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:07NSHMattias Ekholm: Roughing2 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← ANA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANSH
27Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts44
27Faceoffs won38
6Power plays4
18Penalty minutes22
27Hits13
5Blocked shots15
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways9

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 – Perry – Ritchie7:38

    xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Cramarossa – Rakell6:24

    xG 0.11–0.06 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell2:09

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Sgarbossa – Garbutt5:34

    xG 0.03–0.22 (13%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Vatanen13:51

    xG 0.77–0.72 (52%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Lindholm13:23

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Manson11:09

    xG 0.06–0.63 (8%)attempts 5–9goals 0–3

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Johansen – Forsberg4:18

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  2. Neal – Johansen – Arvidsson5:00

    xG 0.34–0.08 (80%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Ribeiro – Bass – Sissons2:16

    xG 0.16–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Wilson – Smith6:22

    xG 0.09–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Irwin10:25

    xG 0.46–0.15 (75%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm14:26

    xG 0.53–0.28 (66%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis13:56

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

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.

NSH 2.5 xGANA 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1145 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NSH 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, Nashville Predators win this game 57% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).