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Thu, Jan 4, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 1, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA02015113041134
EDM01318011022234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:58EDMKris RussellAssists: Connor McDavid, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:18ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Cam Fowler · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  2. 2. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  3. 3. EDM Michael Cammalleri scored
  4. 4. ANA Rickard Rakell scored
  5. 5. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  6. 6. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:45EDMDarnell Nurse: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 15:13ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 16:24ANANick Ritchie: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:19EDMMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:51ANARyan Getzlaf: Holding2 min
  6. P3 19:54ANAAntoine Vermette: High sticking2 min
  7. OT 4:38ANACam Fowler: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
34Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won34
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
30Hits23
17Blocked shots17
12Giveaways15
4Takeaways11

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. bestVermette – Getzlaf – Rakell14:12

    xG 0.91–0.56 (62%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Roy – Ritchie8:59

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Wagner – Shaw6:05

    xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:55

    xG 0.21–0.64 (25%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm16:06

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Montour13:23

    xG 0.51–0.20 (71%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Fowler17:36

    xG 0.70–1.15 (38%)attempts 18–23goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi11:46

    xG 0.44–0.05 (89%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Cammalleri – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome12:56

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Letestu – Kassian – Khaira6:21

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Slepyshev – Draisaitl – Caggiula11:53

    xG 0.59–1.25 (32%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Klefbom15:45

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Benning11:54

    xG 0.62–0.43 (59%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse17:58

    xG 0.38–1.13 (25%)attempts 15–20goals 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.

EDM 3.4 xGANA 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #852 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

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