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Tue, Dec 5, 2017·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Anaheim Ducks 3, Vegas Golden Knights 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 77% of the time.

VGK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA0738010040329
VGK21905112071443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:34VGKJames NealAssists: Erik Haula, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:50VGKOscar LindbergAssists: Deryk Engelland, Erik Haula · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:03ANAFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Brandon Montour, Ondrej Kase · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:02ANAAntoine VermettePPAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Francois Beauchemin · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:14ANACorey PerryAssists: Adam Henrique · Slap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:38VGKErik HaulaAssists: James Neal, Alex Tuch · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. VGK Jonathan Marchessault stopped
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  3. 3. VGK James Neal stopped
  4. 4. ANA Rickard Rakell stopped
  5. 5. VGK Alex Tuch scored
  6. 6. ANA Ondrej Kase stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:25ANABrandon Montour: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 2:13VGKOscar Lindberg: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P3 3:28ANAKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 min
  4. OT 1:40VGKAlex Tuch: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 4:30ANAKevin Roy: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 5:00ANAChris Wagner: Slashing2 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Marchessault won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVGK
29Shots on goal43
2.4Expected goals4.2
53Shot attempts75
28Faceoffs won39
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
9Hits14
18Blocked shots17
4Giveaways12
7Takeaways13

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. Cogliano – Wagner – Roy10:15

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Grant – Shaw – Rasmussen7:11

    xG 0.05–0.16 (22%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase12:42

    xG 0.45–0.65 (41%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  4. Perry – Henrique – Rakell12:29

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Fowler9:15

    xG 0.32–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Megna6:50

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Montour15:06

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 12–17goals 2–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Haula – Lindberg10:51

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch7:57

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Haula – Leipsic2:08

    xG 0.00–0.03 (3%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault13:27

    xG 0.37–0.43 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Miller16:06

    xG 0.46–0.13 (77%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Sbisa – Schmidt14:11

    xG 0.53–0.30 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – McNabb2:41

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

VGK 4.2 xGANA 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #193 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 77% of the time.

VGK winsANA wins

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

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