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Sun, Dec 11, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Ottawa Senators 1, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT170708122
ANA31311217532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:58ANAJoseph CramarossaAssists: Josh Manson, Shea Theodore · Tip-in, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:53OTTRyan DzingelPPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Derick Brassard · Slap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:05ANACorey PerryPPGWGAssists: Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:13ANAAntoine VermettePPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:29ANANick RitchieAssists: Antoine Vermette, Ondrej Kase · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:59ANASami VatanenPPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry · Slap, 0.16 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:22ANAShea Theodore: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:43OTTRyan Dzingel: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:48OTTRyan Dzingel: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:50OTTDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 16:50ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:56ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 2:15ANAOndrej Kase: Closing hand on puck2 min
  8. P3 3:11OTTDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:26ANARickard Rakell: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 7:36OTTChris Kelly: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTANA
22Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals4.1
49Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
29Hits14
8Blocked shots15
18Giveaways12
7Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Ryan – Brassard – Stone2:12

    xG 0.09–0.08 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel5:50

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau3:09

    xG 0.02–0.19 (8%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone6:41

    xG 0.11–0.55 (17%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Methot – Ceci3:43

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Wideman2:07

    xG 0.02–0.14 (10%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Karlsson3:33

    xG 0.09–0.38 (19%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell10:24

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase8:50

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:02

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Cramarossa – Shaw – Noesen3:57

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Theodore8:26

    xG 0.56–0.12 (83%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Fowler12:35

    xG 0.50–0.10 (84%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm9:17

    xG 0.52–0.14 (79%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

ANA 4.1 xGOTT 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #879 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 87% of the time.

ANA winsOTT wins

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

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