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Thu, Dec 22, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 73% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA06190901125
OTT05170511218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:02OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:50ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Corey Perry, Antoine Vermette · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:03OTTMike HoffmanPPGWGAssists: Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:50ANAJared Boll: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 4:50OTTMark Borowiecki: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 9:03OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:03ANAJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 9:52OTTDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 2:47ANAKevin Bieksa: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:07OTTMark Stone: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:09OTTBobby Ryan: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. OT 3:23ANAAndrew Cogliano: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
25Shots on goal18
2.2Expected goals1.1
55Shot attempts37
30Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
25Hits29
12Blocked shots17
13Giveaways10
5Takeaways15

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 – Rakell6:19

    xG 0.27–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ritchie5:54

    xG 0.22–0.05 (80%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Rakell – Kase4:04

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase3:37

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Theodore14:16

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm14:04

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Vatanen – Fowler14:38

    xG 0.25–0.16 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Turris – Dzingel13:12

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau6:30

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Smith – Stone5:54

    xG 0.04–0.14 (24%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Kelly – Lazar5:48

    xG 0.03–0.16 (17%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Wideman7:36

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson16:15

    xG 0.11–0.49 (19%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

OTT 1.1 xGANA 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 35/100 · #761 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 73% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

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