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Tue, Dec 27, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS16190911325
ANA01411211000236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30SJSPaul MartinAssists: Logan Couture, Mikkel Boedker · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:22ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Nick Ritchie, Antoine Vermette · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:18SJSMelker KarlssonAssists: Joel Ward, Brent Burns · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:35ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler, Andrew Cogliano · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:46SJSBrent BurnsGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:49SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:49ANAJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:54ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:52ANAShea Theodore: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 5:55SJSKevin Labanc: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 17:02ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:24ANAAndrew Cogliano: High sticking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
25Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts71
21Faceoffs won35
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
17Hits24
12Blocked shots14
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Ward – Haley – Karlsson8:05

    xG 0.18–0.45 (29%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Boedker – Labanc10:23

    xG 0.12–0.50 (20%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski13:11

    xG 0.52–0.91 (36%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

  4. Donskoi – Tierney – Meier9:45

    xG 0.33–0.92 (26%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Braun14:36

    xG 0.37–0.57 (39%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – DeMelo12:23

    xG 0.23–0.52 (31%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

  3. Martin – Burns17:39

    xG 0.51–1.26 (29%)attempts 13–20goals 2–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg12:33

    xG 1.33–0.43 (76%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell8:02

    xG 0.82–0.06 (93%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase5:56

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 13–1goals 1–1

  4. Vermette – Rakell – Kase7:05

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm16:36

    xG 1.09–0.37 (75%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Fowler13:24

    xG 0.73–0.29 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Theodore11:51

    xG 0.85–0.45 (65%)attempts 15–11goals 0–2

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 3.8 xGSJS 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #395 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 77% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

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