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Thu, Feb 1, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA0140411300131
OTT0110611411232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:37OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:06ANARyan KeslerAssists: Rickard Rakell, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:32OTTErik KarlssonPPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:20OTTErik Karlsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:02OTTChristopher DiDomenico: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:07ANARyan Kesler: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 2:38OTTRyan Dzingel: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:38ANAChris Wagner: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:13ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:08ANARyan Kesler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 19:24ANAAdam Henrique: 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
31Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.4
68Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
29Hits28
8Blocked shots19
9Giveaways5
4Takeaways3

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 – Silfverberg – Rakell12:39

    xG 0.91–0.37 (71%)attempts 26–7goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell2:52

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Perry – Wagner6:47

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Brown7:32

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:19

    xG 0.79–0.53 (60%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler13:16

    xG 0.69–0.45 (60%)attempts 26–7goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Montour3:35

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – DiDomenico – Dzingel9:53

    xG 0.79–0.21 (79%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene9:45

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Thompson – Paajarvi9:29

    xG 0.12–0.33 (26%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau9:51

    xG 0.40–0.69 (36%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci2:59

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Karlsson10:13

    xG 0.45–0.27 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Chabot8:31

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 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 3.4 xGANA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 55/100 · #571 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

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