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Sat, Nov 4, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Anaheim Ducks 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 88% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1701405001126
SJS012017112042245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:23ANACorey PerryAssists: Derek Grant, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:57SJSJoel WardAssists: Barclay Goodrow · Slap, 0.36 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  3. 3. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  4. 4. ANA Rickard Rakell scored
  5. 5. SJS Tim Heed stopped
  6. 6. ANA Ondrej Kase stopped
  7. 7. SJS Brent Burns stopped
  8. 8. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  9. 9. SJS Kevin Labanc stopped
  10. 10. ANA Nick Ritchie stopped
  11. 11. SJS Joonas Donskoi scored
  12. 12. ANA Brandon Montour stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:29ANAAntoine Vermette: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:57ANANick Ritchie: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 3:57ANAJaycob Megna: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 9:56SJSDylan DeMelo: Cross checking2 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 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASJS
26Shots on goal45
1.6Expected goals4.2
56Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
38Hits21
17Blocked shots19
19Giveaways16
18Takeaways15

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. bestCogliano – Silfverberg – Kossila11:16

    xG 0.57–0.29 (67%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase11:11

    xG 0.15–0.14 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Grant – Rakell14:02

    xG 0.48–0.93 (34%)attempts 13–23goals 1–0

  4. Wagner – Shaw – Rasmussen6:48

    xG 0.21–0.67 (23%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Lindholm16:50

    xG 0.61–0.58 (51%)attempts 21–14goals 1–0

  2. Megna – Montour13:59

    xG 0.18–0.50 (27%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Vatanen16:24

    xG 0.26–0.96 (21%)attempts 8–22goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Hertl – Karlsson13:46

    xG 0.88–0.46 (66%)attempts 20–16goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Labanc7:22

    xG 0.33–0.12 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Goodrow – Meier6:05

    xG 0.23–0.04 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Donskoi6:49

    xG 0.19–0.02 (90%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ryan16:11

    xG 0.73–0.35 (68%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Dillon14:46

    xG 0.97–0.65 (60%)attempts 18–18goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Heed2:00

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

SJS 4.2 xGANA 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #765 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50SJS 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 88% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

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

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